AUFEMININ Press Release Paris, 20 January 2016
2015 revenue growth: + 27%
In €'000s (unaudited) | FY 2015 | FY 2014 | Change | Q4 2015 | Q4 2014 | Change |
Publishing France | 47,160 | 43,980 | +7% | 13,442 | 13,681 | -2% |
Publishing International | 45,734 | 29,080 | +57% | 15,410 | 8,841 | +74% |
Total | 92,894 | 73,060 | +27% | 28,852 | 22,522 | +28% |
Following strategic transactions at the start of the year (sale of Smart AdServer and acquisition of Livingly Media), aufeminin's revenue-restated for activities sold- amounted to €93m, up by 27%.
In France, business continued to grow (+7% in organic terms for the full year 2015), against a backdrop of progressive transition of the group's audience towards social media and mobile devices, as well as increasingly diverse sources of income.
Internationally, the Group is expanding significantly (+74% in the fourth quarter 2015), progress that was driven by organic growth and by the acquisition of Livingly Media. Livingly Media made a strategic turn in programming thanks to the development of new tools and, as such, moved from a loss in 2014 to profitability in the second half of 2015.
Aufeminin once again generated almost half of its revenue abroad (49%).
The Group is continuing to consolidate Livingly Media in the United States and internalise its advertising operations in Italy. Profitability will be temporarily impacted by the costs incurred, but will remain high nonetheless.
aufeminin is a top-tier digital content provider which posted revenues of €93 million in 2015. A limited company which is 80.8% owned by the Axel Springer Group, it is listed in compartment B of Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0004042083, Ticker: FEM).
As one of the leading worldwide providers of editorial and community-based content for women, aufeminin's offer in these areas covers the most popular topics amongst women: Fashion, Baby, Beauty, Shopping, Cooking, News, Entertainment, etc.
The Group is present on all platforms and devices (websites, mobile phones, tablets, video, print and social) in 21 countries: France, Germany, Austria, United Kingdom, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Netherlands, Canada, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, USA, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Peru and Chile. A leader in the desktop market, aufeminin boasts 62 million individual site visitors per month worldwide and an ever-increasing presence on the mobile phone and tablet markets, with 66 million and 15 million(1) unique visitors respectively.
The aufeminin Group also owns MyLittleParis, which publishes newsletters for a 2 million strong online community of women readers and each month sends out a box of surprise and beauty products to more than 100,000 subscribers. In February 2015, aufeminin acquired Livingly Media, one of the leading publishers of lifestyle content in the United States, which owns the websites Zimbio.com (entertainment news), Livingly.com & Stylebistro.com (fashion, beauty, and style), and Lonny.com (home décor and design).
(1) Google Analytics, aufeminin group, no double counting, November 2015
Contacts
Aufeminin | Actifin |
finances@aufeminin.com Delphine Groll, Head of Group Communication delphine.groll@aufeminin.com Tel: +33 (1)1 53 57 15 52 | Christophe de Lylle, cdelylle@actifin.fr Press relations: Aminata Doucoure, adoucoure@actifin.fr Tel: +33 (0)1 56 88 11 11 |
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