Paine manager of the year, A&U North Adelaide store of the year at REDgroup annual conference
REDgroup retail held its annual conference last week from 7 to 11 September, at Shed 14, in Melbourne's Docklands. ‘This was the first time that all the REDgroup retail brands had come together as one team, in...
REDGroup announces new NZ staff
REDgroup Retail--owners of Angus & Robertson, Whitcoulls and Borders--has announced the appointment of former Dymocks New Zealand general manager Andrew Howard to the position of sales and operations manager for...
REDgroup retail launches beta Borders site
REDgroup retail has launched a beta version of its new Borders website. The new site marks the first time Borders Australia has had a fully operational e-commerce offering.REDgroup retail group...
RedGroup Retail: integration ‘complete’, Coote departs
RedGroup Retail , which operates Angus & Robertson, Whitcoulls, Borders ANZ, Supanews and Calendar Club, has announced that the process of integrating its separate businesses into one support office is...
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Bologna drops to three days in 2010Bologna Children's Book Fair in 2010 will drop from four to three days, reports Publisher's Weekly. Fair manager Roberta Chinni said the fair was...
REDgroup Retail extends debt, working capital
REDgroup Retail, the parent company of bookselling chains Angus & Roberston, Borders and Whitcoulls, has announced it has ‘completed negotiations to refinance its existing senior debt and working capital facility...
REDGroup Retail announces support office restructure
REDGroup Retail has announced a restructure of its support offices, with the Borders and Angus & Robertson teams relocating to one office in the CBD in Melbourne in the next...
RedGroup launches new websites: A&R first, Borders and Whitcoulls coming soon
RedGroup Retail--the group that operates over 250 Angus & Robertson, Whitcoulls and Borders stores in Australia and New Zealand--has started a multi-million-dollar push to revamp its online presence, beginning with...
Whitcoulls concept store opens in Riccarton
A new Whitcoulls ‘icon' store has opened in Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand. The refurbished store opened on 22 April. Sheryl Green, sales and operations director of Whitcoulls told WBN: ‘The...
A&R closes web retailing ahead of April relaunch
Angus & Robertson (A&R) will launch a new and updated website in April, to be followed by similarly updated sites for Whitcoulls in New Zealand in May and for Borders...
ARW Group rebrands as REDgroup Retail
ARW Group, which includes the Angus & Robertson, Borders and Whitcoulls book chains, has changed its name to REDgroup Retail. ‘The new brand offers an overarching identity for Angus &...