Vigot Maloine

What Vigot Maloine does

Vigot Maloine (legal name: Editions Vigot-Maloine) is a French private publishing company and direct-to-consumer online bookstore operating as the consolidated retail arm of the VOG Group (Groupe VOG). The company distributes publications from five specialist imprints under one Magento-based e-commerce storefront: Editions Maloine (medical and healthcare titles spanning 24+ specialties including cardiology, dermatology, pediatrics, oncology, psychiatry, and pharmacy), Editions Vigot (sports, leisure, fine arts, and everyday life), Editions Vial (arts and crafts trades), Editions Ulisse (sports and outdoor recreation), and Editions Bornemann (leisure and youth). The unified platform at vigotmaloine.com features advanced catalog search by author, publisher, collection, ISBN, and price range, plus account management, wishlists, order tracking, PDF table-of-contents downloads, and secure payment processing.

The business operates a pure D2C e-commerce model, with unit pricing ranging from approximately €11.90 to €89 per title (most titles in the €20–€40 range). The company fulfills orders from its Compiègne headquarters and warehouse, offering free shipping for orders above €35 within metropolitan France and Corsica, alongside international delivery. The addressable customer base spans three horizontal persona segments — medical students and healthcare professionals, sports and recreation enthusiasts, and craft hobbyists/artisans — all served through the same storefront. Marketing is conducted primarily through organic catalog navigation, with featured new-release and upcoming-publication sections driving top-of-funnel discovery.

Revenue is generated entirely through one-time retail transactions on physical books; no subscription, licensing, digital distribution, or B2B institutional channel is disclosed in the source data. The company is privately held with no venture capital or public ownership structure referenced, no disclosed funding rounds, no M&A activity, and no leadership changes on record. Its parent, Groupe VOG, is described as a diversified French publishing conglomerate, with Vigot Maloine functioning as the unified consumer-facing distribution and commerce layer for its five publishing houses.

Name

Vigot Maloine

Legal name

Editions Vigot-Maloine

Website

https://vigotmaloine.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vigot Maloine is a French private online bookstore and the consumer-facing retail arm of the VOG Group, consolidating five specialist publishing imprints — medical, sports, fine arts, and crafts — into one Magento-based e-commerce platform serving French and international individual consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Direct book and publication sales: Vigot Maloine generates revenue through direct retail sales of published books and manuals across medical, sports, leisure, and crafts categories. Products are sold as one-time purchases at listed retail prices. The platform processes transactions online with secure payment and ships to customers in France and internationally.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Vigot Maloine is a French specialty publisher and online bookstore that publishes and sells books and manuals across medical, pharmaceutical, dental, nursing, veterinary, sports, leisure, fine arts, and craft disciplines. Operating as the unified digital storefront for five publishing imprints under the VOG Group, the company sells directly to consumers through its Magento-based e-commerce platform with advanced catalog search, customer accounts, and domestic and international delivery.

Product overview

Vigot Maloine is a French book publisher and online retailer operating under the Vog group. The company offers a unified e-commerce platform that distributes publications from five publishing imprints: Editions Vigot (practical life, sports, arts), Editions Maloine (medical/healthcare), Editions Vial (arts & crafts trades), Editions Ulisse (sports/recreation), and Editions Bornemann (leisure). The core offering is an online bookstore serving medical professionals, students, sports enthusiasts, artists, craftspersons, and hobbyists. Product categories span medical books (24+ specialties), pharmacy references, dental/odontology, nursing, paramedical professions, veterinary medicine, sports & fitness, equestrian/hippology, drawing, painting, sculpture, pottery, woodworking, leatherwork, and various creative hobbies. The company also publishes under the HORS COLLECTION label featuring over 218 titles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Editions Vigot: Publisher specializing in sports, leisure, fine arts and everyday life books
• Editions Maloine
• Editions Vial
• Editions Ulisse
• Editions Bornemann

Products and services

• Vigot Maloine Online Bookstore The company's primary e-commerce platform for selling books and publications across medicine, sports, leisure, arts and crafts, and life skills categories. Features advanced search, customer accounts, order tracking, wishlists, PDF table of contents downloads, and multiple payment and delivery options for customers in France and internationally.
• Medical Publications
• Pharmacy Publications
• Sports and Recreation Books
• Métiers d'Art (Arts and Crafts Trades)
• Arts and Crafts Books
• HORS COLLECTION General Publishing Collection
• Dental and Odontologie Publications
• Nursing Sciences Publications
• Veterinary Medicine Publications
• Paramedical Professions Publications

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Editions MaloinecoreOthersEditions Maloine is a specialist medical publishing house whose catalog is distributed through the Vigot Maloine online platform. The unified vigotmaloine.com storefront aggregates Maloine's medical titles alongside those of four other publishing houses within the VOG group.
• Editions VigotcoreOthersEditions Vigot is a specialist publisher of sports, leisure, and practical arts books whose catalog is distributed through the Vigot Maloine online platform as one of the five publishing houses under the VOG group.
• Editions VialcoreOthersEditions Vial specializes in arts and crafts publishing, with its catalog distributed through the Vigot Maloine online platform as part of the five-house VOG publishing group.
• Editions UlisseminorOthersEditions Ulisse is a travel and leisure publishing house included in the Vigot Maloine catalog as part of the VOG group of five publishing houses.
• Editions BornemannminorOthersEditions Bornemann is a leisure and practical arts publisher included in the Vigot Maloine catalog as part of the VOG group of five publishing houses.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Decitre: One of the largest independent online and physical bookstores in France, with a broad multi-category catalog including medicine, sports, and leisure titles. Closest direct competitor on the e-commerce retail side for end customers buying specialist French-language books.
• Editions Dunod: Major French academic and professional publisher with a strong medicine and paramedical list. Comparable in being a multi-imprint French publisher with a significant medical/health portfolio and direct-to-consumer online channel.
• Elsevier Masson: French-language imprint of Elsevier focused on medical and health science publishing. Operates the same medical reference, textbook, and pharmacy catalog category and competes for the same physician/pharmacist/student audience in France.
• Editions Eyrolles: French publisher with strong practical and crafts/arts titles (paralleling Vigot Maloine's Editions Vial/Vigot sports and crafts lists) and an integrated online retail storefront targeting the same B2C French-speaking audience.
• Chapitre.com: French online and physical bookstore chain selling general, academic, and specialist books, including medical titles. Targets the same French-speaking consumer base and is a comparable mid-scale online book retail platform.
• Editions Lavoisier / Lavoisier: French publisher and online retailer specializing in medical, scientific, and technical books. Directly mirrors Vigot Maloine's core medical/specialist book distribution model and serves the same French healthcare professional and student customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Amazon France: Dominant global e-commerce platform with a deep French-language book catalog across all of Vigot Maloine's verticals. Competes principally on selection, price, and Prime-driven delivery rather than editorial curation.
• Hachette Livre: France's largest publishing group with a diversified list spanning trade, professional, and illustrated books, including some health/practical titles. Larger and broader than Vigot Maloine, but competes indirectly for shelf-space, author attention, and French-speaking reader share.
• Springer Healthcare: Large international medical and scientific publisher with strong European presence, including translated French-language editions. Overlaps with Vigot Maloine's Editions Maloine medical list but at much larger, multinational scale.
• Fnac: France's leading omni-channel retail and entertainment chain with a substantial books category covering medicine, sports, and leisure. A much larger incumbent that competes with Vigot Maloine on breadth, fulfillment, and price across the same end-customer book segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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