International markets were the sole source of the publisher’s quarterly gain, as the United Kingdom, the United States and Spain all posted acceleration in sales.
By contrast, the French market contracted sharply, with comparable sales down 4% in the same period.
The modest overall rise reflects a slowdown from the first half of the year, when the group posted a 1.3% increase on a comparable‑sales basis.
Lagardère Publishing, the publishing arm of the Lagardère group, attributed the shift to stronger performance abroad offsetting the domestic decline.