Virgin Books and Music is a Virgin branded entertainment retail chain exclusively at airports and travel locations, operated by the Lagardère Services division of the French conglomerate Lagardère Group.
The shops currently operates in over 35 airports in 8 countries. Lagardère Services also wholly owned the Virgin Megastores in France until they sold a controlling share in the first quarter of 2008 to Butler Capital Partners. The sale formed part of a new policy at Lagardère Services in expanding its retail businesses in transport locations, including Virgin branded stores.[1][2]