Avantages

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Avantages
Editor-in-chiefIsabelle Bourgeois
Categories Women's magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherAvantages SA
Founded1988;34 years ago (1988)
CompanyMarie Claire Group
Country France
Based in Paris
Language French
Website Avantages
ISSN 0992-9967

Avantages is a monthly women's 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]

Contents

History and profile

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]

Circulation

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]

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  6. 1 2 3 "The first consumer website for women". Group Marie Claire. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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  9. ↑ Agnes Rocamora (2009). Fashioning the City: Paris, Fashion and the Media. London: I.B.Tauris. p. 61. ISBN   978-0-85773-113-5.
  10. ↑ "Isabelle Bourgeois, nouvelle rédactrice en chef du magazine Avantages". Fashion Mag (in French). 14 March 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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