The recent boom in the remainder book trade
It’s an aspect of the industry that’s rarely discussed, but the remainder book trade in Australia is booming, reports Eloise Keating. When Angus & Robertson and Borders stores began to...
Secondhand Wollongong bookshop now selling new books
A secondhand bookshop in Wollongong, NSW, has decided to sell new-release books after the city was left without a dedicated bookshop following the closure of the Wollongong Angus & Robertson...
Kobo Vox available at Whitcoulls; Collins, JB HiFi to sell device before Christmas
Whitcoulls bookstores in New Zealand are now selling the new android-based tablet from Kobo, the Kobo Vox. The Kobo Vox retails for NZ$399 (approximately A$302) in Whitcoulls stores and on...
Former A&R franchises in Bankstown, Merrylands rebrand; owners open third store
Two former Angus & Robertson (A&R) franchise stores in Sydney's south west are now operating as independent bookstores under the name Your Bookshop. The owners of the stores, located in...
Rakuten to acquire Kobo
Ebook platform provider and online retailer Kobo is to be acquired by Japanese internet service company Rakuten. Rakuten confirmed in a statement its ‘definitive agreement' to ‘acquire 100% of total...
Supanews to open A&R bricks-and-mortar bookstores
Former REDgroup-owned newsagency chain Supanews has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that it will operate Angus & Robertson (A&R) bricks-and-mortar bookshops in Australia. Adrian Gaskin, managing director of Supanews,...
Bolitho appointed AllBooks4Less CEO
Discount-focussed bookselling chain AllBooks4Less has announced the appointment of David Bolitho to the position of CEO. Bolitho will be responsible for ‘both the retail casual leasing business (shops) and the...
REDgroup: 20 former A&R franchises become independent, join Leading Edge
Twenty former Angus & Robertson (A&R) franchise stores are now trading as independent bookstores, with Leading Edge Books confirming to the Weekly Book Newsletter that the stores have joined the...
20 former A&R franchises become independent, join Leading Edge
Twenty former Angus & Robertson (A&R) franchise stores are now trading as independent bookstores, with Leading Edge Books confirming to the Weekly Book Newsletter that the stores have joined the...
Collins Booksellers acquires 20 former A&R stores
Collins Booksellers has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that 18 former Angus & Robertson (A&R) franchise stores and two former A&R company-owned stores have joined the Collins network. Collins...
REDgroup administration: Australian creditors must lodge claims by September; final dividends to be paid in October
REDgroup Retail administrators Ferrier Hodgson has called for creditors of the group's Australian companies to submit claims against the companies if they have not yet done so. Trade and gift...
REDgroup administration: Australian creditors must lodge claims by September; final dividends to be paid in October
REDgroup Retail administrators Ferrier Hodgson has called for creditors of the group's Australian companies to submit claims against the companies if they have not yet done so. Trade and gift...
REDgroup administration: creditors in Oz, NZ support proposed DOCA
Creditors of REDgroup Retail have voted in support of the deed of company arrangement (DOCA) proposed by the group's administrators at creditors' meetings in Melbourne and Auckland this morning. At...
REDgroup administration: date of second creditors’ meeting announced; detailed financial reports released
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin on 27 July, REDgroup Retail administrators Ferrier Hodgson has announced that second creditors' meetings will take place tomorrow, 4 August, in Melbourne and...
REDgroup administration: date of second creditors’ meeting announced; detailed financial reports released
REDgroup administrators Ferrier Hodgson has announced that second creditors' meetings will take place on 4 August in Melbourne and Auckland. The administrators have also made available separate financial reports about...
REDgroup administration: date for second creditors’ meeting announced; detailed financial reports released
REDgroup administrators Ferrier Hodgson has announced that second creditors' meetings will take place on 4 August in Melbourne and Auckland. The administrators have also made available separate financial reports about...
QLD A&R franchise purchases company-owned store; stores to operate as independents
The owners of the Angus & Robertson (A&R) franchise in Southport, Queensland have confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that they have purchased the formerly company-owned A&R store in Helensvale....
Dymocks Elsternwick, World Square close; Castle Hill to open next week
Dymocks has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that its stores in Elsternwick, Victoria, and the World Square shopping complex in Sydney, have closed down. Steve Cox, general manger for buying,...
ACCC to undertake ‘informal review’ of Pearson’s REDgroup online acquisition
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced last week that it will undertake an 'informal review' of the proposed acquisition of the REDgroup online business by Pearson. The ACCC...
ACCC to undertake ‘informal review’ of Pearson’s REDgroup online acquisition
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will undertake an 'informal review' of the proposed acquisition of the REDgroup online business by Pearson. The ACCC is inviting 'submissions from interested...