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Conde Nast's Glamour was up 7.3% to 576,832 on last period, a year-on-year rise of 10.9% from 520,193. Its sister title, fashion bible Vogue, was up 0.1% period on period to 202,259, a rise of 1.6% on the year. Cosmo, owned by the National Magazine Company, was down 0.2% on last period to 400,253, a 1.7% fall over the year, having recently announce plans to trial a handbag-sized format.

Cosmo's stablemate Company, which was worst hit by the launch of Glamour, remained stable, with a 0.1% increase period on period and a 5.9% increase year on year to 462,157. The results of its recent relaunch, to an American A4 format, will no doubt be the subject of much speculation in the next ABCs.

The biggest increase among the women's glossies was from H Bauer's true-life stories title Real, which is up 12.1% on last period to 180,680, a rise of 5% on last year.

IPC Media's In Style was just behind Real with 179,174, a 17.3% increase on last year, up 2.2% period on period.

However, for sister IPC glossy Marie Claire, the news was not so good. The title was down 5.9% on last period to 376,476, a year-on-year fall of 4.4%. All eyes will be on what IPC and editor Marie O'Riordan will do with the title next.

Emap's New Woman did not fare too well either, despite a TV ad campaign created by Hooper Galton aimed at boosting Emap's only glossy after it lost Red and Elle to Hachette. New Woman was down 6.4% on last period to 275,648, a year-on-year drop of 9.1%.

Hachette's B looked in dire need of a revamp. It fell 14.3% on last period to 165,431, down 14.6% year on year, while sister title Red slipped 1.1% on last period to 189,857, but was still up 3.6% on a year ago. Flagship title Elle was up 0.3% period on period to 200,912, a year-on-year rise of 3.3%

Publishers are blaming the decline in overseas travel for the fall among these titles, as they are popular purchases at airports and other travel points.

The exception to this rule, however, was BBC Magazine's women's glossy Eve, which put in a robust performance, with a period-on-period rise of 8.3% to 131,157, up 10.1% year on year.

The biggest fall was from IPC's Essentials, which fell 12.4% period on period to 144,780, down 15.9% year on year.

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