Editor-in-chief | Isabelle Bourgeois |
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Categories | Women's magazine |
Frequency | Monthly |
Circulation | Fashion |
Publisher | Avantages SA |
Founded | 1988 |
Company | Marie Claire Group |
Country | France |
Based in | Paris |
Language | French |
Website | Avantages |
ISSN | 0992-9967 |
Avantages is a monthly women's fashion magazine published in Paris, France. It is one of the most read women's magazines in the country [1] and is the French edition of the British magazine Essentials . [2] [3]
Avantages was established in 1988. [4] The owner of the magazine is Marie Claire Group [5] [6] and its publisher is Avantages SA. [7] The magazine has its headquarters in Paris and is published on a monthly basis. [7] [8] Its target audience includes working-class women. [9]
As of 2015 Isabelle Bourgeois was the editor-in-chief of Avantages. [6] She was appointed to the post in March 2007. [10]
The website of Avantages was launched in 2009 and provides the readers with an opportunity to do shopping online, being the first in this regard in France. [1] [6]
The circulation of Avantages was 512,000 copies in 2005. [11] The magazine sold 465,000 copies in the period of 2007-2008. [12] It had a circulation of 438,565 copies in 2010. [13] Its circulation was 457,028 copies in 2013. [4] In November 2014 the number of its readers was 1,829,000. [1] The magazine had a circulation of 430,299 copies in 2014. [14]