Organised as a federation of businesses from the time it was formed, a strong entrepreneurial culture is in Altavia’s DNA. Daring is a cardinal value for the group,as we firmly believe that professional  excellence alone is not enough.

ROI

Optimise your expenses and your sales activation processes

CREATIVITY

Create added value at contact and purchasing points with your customers

EFFICIENCY

Gain in cohesion and time-to-market

HISTORY

1983

Group founded with an advertising-marketing agency (PBE).

1988

Creation of CFA Print, a pioneer in the field of outsourced printing management.

1995

Established in Spain ; first in Madrid then in Barcelona.

1997

Established in Italy, in Milan.

1999

Birth of the Altavia brand.

2001

Creation of Altavia Belgium in Brussels, Altavia Hellas in Athens and Altavia Tükiye in Istanbul.

2002

Creation of Altavia Polska in Warsaw and Altavia Česká in Prague.

2003

Acquisition of Victor Group and creation of Altavia France, now with a presence in Paris, Nantes, Lille and Lyon.

2004

Creation of Altavia UK in London.

2005

Creation of Altavia China in Beijing and Shanghai, then Chengdu and Gangzhou.
Acquisition of Connexion and creation of Altavia Connexion in Saint-Etienne.

2006

Takeover of Le Parti du Client, CPO and RVB.
Takeover of HTT in the UK and merger with Altavia UK to create Altavia HTT.

2007

Altavia named European Communication Group of the Year at the Banque Palatine/La Tribune « Prix de l’Ambition » awards.

2008

The « Observatoire du consom’acteur® » (proactive consumer panel) was formed, later to become ShopperMind.

2009

Restructure of Altavia Paris, bringing Le Parti du Client, Altavia Link and Altavia RVB into its fold.
Launch of Actipaper, a print-to-web solution linking paper and web in just one click.

2011

The « Observatoire du Consom’acteur® » (proactive consumer panel) became ShopperMind, the first research and outlook laboratory for new consumer trends.
Development of the activites of Altavia Česká in Hungary.

2012

Opening of Altavia Ukraina in Kiev and Altavia Hungaria in Budapest.
Roll-out of Altavia’s business in Sweden and Finland.

2013

Acquisition of Agence Cosmic, a marketing services and advertising agency.
The “Baromètre ShopperMind de la Valeur Shopper® (Shopper Value award given out at the LSA Innovation Awards.
Altavia Japan and Altavia Korea opened.

2014

IMS acquired, strengthening the Altavia group’s POS communication offering, as was HRG, a British retail marketing agency.

2015

Tell Me About It agency acquired in South Korea, Blackwood in France and ACTstar in Belgium.
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners became an Altavia shareholder to support the group’s growth.

2016

Launch of Altavia Coach, a Group entity devoted to innovation, and acquisition of minority shareholding in Stimshop and in Ubiq, French Tech start-ups.
Acquisition of the agencies CloudRaker in Canada, Dekatlon Buzz in Turkey, and Stylum/Rokivo in Italy.
Opening of Altavia Baltics in Riga, Altavia Morocco in Casablanca, and Altavia Middle East in Dubai.
World convention for Altavia staff held in Sicily.
New identity and claim launched for the brand: The Retail Alchemists.

2017

In France, the Insitaction, JetPulp and Disko agencies joined the group, as did Kamikaze in Poland.
The group’s dynamic growth process continued with the acquisition of Sumis in the Netherlands and the opening of new sites in Croatia and Kazakhstan.

VALUES

Maintain a pioneering spirit. Accept change. Encourage innovation. Inspire the desire to exceed our own limitations.
Challenge preconceived notions and ready-made solutions.

PROGRESS 

Base our behavior on a strict sense of integrity.

INTEGRITY

Use all your positive energy to improve our service to our clients. Encourage an energetic approach.
Refuse to settle for the status quo. Fight lethargy.

ENERGY

Impart our enthusiasm to light the way in our working relationships. Give our hearts and souls to our work.
Act with reason and passion. Maintain a sense of curiosity.

ENTHUSIASM

Respect human values. Put other people at the heart of our actions. Preserve the futur of Humankind
by encouraging sustainable development in our actions.

HUMANITY

Share our know-how, our culture, our best practices and our experience with each other,
with our clients and with our partners. Share the fruit of our efforts.

SHARING

Ensure transparency in our actions (to make them clear and understandable). Refuse to accept things that are left unsaid. Inform and explain. Speak the truth, always and everywhere.

TRANSPARENCY

Be close to our clients, our people, our partners and our markets. Practice active listening.

PROXIMITY

Act to make our clients’ work easier. Always aim for simplicity in our methods and our structures.
Avoid overcomplicated relationships with others.

SIMPLICITY

Make good use of technologies that can help processes flow more smoothly.
Render working relationships more interactive. Create environments that encourage dialogue and communication.

FLUIDITY

KEY FIGURES

BREAKDOWN OF TURNOVER In 2018

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International

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France

BREAKDOWN OF STAFF In 2018

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International

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France

CONSOLIDATED TURNOVER In millions of euros

2018

740

2017

739

2016

699

GROSS INCOME In millions of euros

2018

160

2017

140

2016

124.5

OPERATING INCOME In millions of euros

2018

17

2017

19.5

2016

16.5

CSR Altavia and Corporate Social Responsability

As the leading independent international group specialising in commercial communication for the retail sector in the world, we are acutely aware of our social, economic and environmental responsibilities and those of our clients. Our CSR policy is part of our DNA. In total coherence with our values and ethics, it structures our business and plays an integral role in all our services.
We firmly believe that the philosophy of continuous improvement applies to our CSR policy and should be measured and evaluated. We have consequently entered into partnerships with leading assessment bodies and we are monitored year on year.

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