Dymocks to add 25 stores as part of three-year plan
Dymocks will launch its own range of non-book items in August this year, and aims to increase the size of the chain by adding 25 stores as part of a...
QBD, Dymocks petition Vic premier to reopen Melbourne stores
Bookselling chains QBD and Dymocks have each written to Victorian premier Daniel Andrews asking that bookstores be allowed to open in Melbourne, which has been under stage four lockdown since...
Dymocks reduces online range amid eight-week delays
Dymocks has ‘significantly’ reduced the range of products available on its website as it processes a backlog of orders amid delivery delays of up to eight weeks. In a statement...
Cox to leave Dymocks after eight years as MD
Steve Cox will step down from his role has Dymocks retail division managing director to take up the position of chief executive at Destination NSW, the government agency responsible for...
Dymocks wins social responsibility award at 2019 National Retail Awards
Dymocks has won the Social Responsibility Champion Award at the 2019 National Retail Awards. The chain retailer was awarded for its work in improving children’s literacy across Australia through its...
Dymocks Subiaco wins top award at Dymocks conference for second year running
Dymocks Subiaco in Perth has won its second consecutive Chairman’s Award for Retail Excellence, presented at the 2019 Dymocks national conference in Melbourne from 4-6 August. Dymocks managing director Steve...
New Dymocks store opens at Point Cook, VIC
Chain retailer Dymocks has opened a new shop in the outer Melbourne suburb of Point Cook, about 30 kilometres west of the CBD. The Point Cook store is the second...
Dymocks launches Wiggles shop
Chain retailer Dymocks has become the new retail partner for children’s entertainment group the Wiggles, offering a range of books and merchandise via a dedicated online store. Dymocks negotiated a...
Dymocks opens new store in Melbourne; regional WA store to close
Chain retailer Dymocks has opened a new store at Highpoint Shopping Centre, in Melbourne's inner west. The Highpoint store is the first Dymocks to open in a new location in...
Dymocks launches education business Potentia
Australian bookselling chain Dymocks has launched a new education business called Potentia. Potentia will run tutoring programs for school students across a broad range of subjects including maths and English....
Dymocks returns to Midland Gate in Perth
Dymocks has opened a new store in outer Perth shopping centre Midland Gate. Officially opened on 23 August, the store marks Dymocks’ return to Midland after the retailer closed its...
Dymocks’ Books For Kids week launched
Dymocks booksellers has launched its week-long charity campaign, Books For Kids. During Books For Kids week, which runs from 4-12 August, the retailer will donate $1 from the sale of...
Dymocks Subiaco wins top award at Dymocks conference
Dymocks Subiaco in Perth has won the Chairman’s Award for Retail Excellence at the 2018 Dymocks national conference, which was held on the Gold Coast from 22-24 July. Dymocks managing...
PRH seeks contributions from young writers in children’s anthology
Penguin Random House is seeking submissions from young writers for a new humorous short story collection, Total Quack Up! (October 2018), edited by children's authors Sally Rippin and Adrian Beck, and...
‘Nevermoor’ tops Dymocks Kids’ Top 51 list
Dymocks Booklovers members have cast a combined 5500 votes for their favourite children’s book of all time, with Queensland writer Jessica Townsend’s Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Lothian) taking...
Higgins appointed GM of Dymocks Books
Dymocks has announced that Sophie Higgins, current head of marketing and merchandise, has been promoted to the role of Dymocks Books general manager, effective from 1 July. In her new...
Dymocks Book Club launches on ‘Kids’ WB’
Chain bookseller Dymocks has partnered with Australian children’s television show Kids’ WB, from Channel Nine, to launch a monthly children’s book segment. Each month’s segment will feature a group of...
App, pop-up bookstore win Dymocks Innovation Challenge
Two projects created by undergraduate students from the University of Sydney have won the inaugural Dymocks Innovation Challenge Awards. Two business students won the Digital Innovation award for an app...
Zusak tops Dymocks 101 reader poll for third year in a row
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Picador) has topped the Dymocks Top 101 books of all time list for the third year in a row. Twenty three Australian books made...
Dymocks, Sydney Uni to host ‘Innovation Challenge’
Undergraduate students from the University of Sydney will be challenged to create a ‘future concept’ for the Dymocks business as part of the university’s student leadership program. The Dymocks Innovation...