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Gift card holders to receive refund
Ferrier Hodgson have asked customers to provide their bank details and to complete a gift card claim form in order to receive the refund.
Calls for ACCC to probe acquisition of REDgroup online retail
Australian booksellers have raised concerns over Pearson Australia Group's acquisition of the REDgroup online business.
Two Angus & Robertson stores sold, 16 others to close
Administrators have announced the sale of two REDgroup owned Angus & Robertson stores, with one still in negotiation and 16 others to close.
More Angus & Robertson stores close
Administrators have announced the closure of 42 REDgroup owned Angus & Robertson stores as negotiations continue for the sale of 19 others.
All Borders to close
REDgroup Retail administrators Ferrier Hodgson has announced that the remaining nine Borders stores in Australia will close with the final store closing on July 17.
Urgent: Buyers needed for REDgroup
The administrators of REDGroup Retail, Ferrier Hodgson, said bookstores Angus & Robertson and Borders will be forced to close within days if a buyer is not found.
More closures, sold for REDgroup
The administrator of REDgroup Retail, Ferrier Hodgson, has announced as part of the company restructure, a further six Angus & Robertson stores in Australia will close
Bookstores call it truce
The two parties have agreed to put aside their differences and to work together in a process to seek a successful outcome after breakaway Angus &Robertson franchisee group threatened to terminate their agreements with REDgroup Retail.
Court action against booksellers
Court proceedings have begun against breakaway Angus & Robertson franchisee group who have threatened to terminate their agreements with REDgroup Retail.
Gloria Jeans slams Borders for closures
Not only will the closures hurt staff and suppliers of the bookstores but it will also force Gloria Jeans to close its stores that are operating within Borders.
REDgroup closing more doors
A further 16 Borders bookstores will close under the third round of restructure, Ferrier Hodgson, the administrators of REDgroup Retail, said.
More REDgroup bookstores to close
A further 12 Angus & Robertson stores are expected to close, the administrators of REDgroup Retail said.The closures will result in 102 staff being made redundant.
REDgroup redundancies continue
Twenty-six members of the REDgroup Retail’s Melbourne head office have been made redundant, which were effecitve immediately.
For sale: NZ bookstore network
Expressions of interest have been called for 74 Whitcoulls stores, nine Bennetts stores and five Borders stores. Advertisements calling for interested parties to come forward have begun appearing in national newspapers in New Zealand and overseas.
Options kept open for REDgroup
The administrators Ferrier Hodgson of REDgroup Retail is looking for potential buyers of 103 Borders and Angus & Robertson bookstores.
300 job losses as bookstores shut
A total of 321 REDgroup Retail staff have been made redundant following the closure of 37 Angus & Robertson stores and one Borders store, administrators Ferrier Hodgson said.
Dymocks strings in rivals' customers
The bookstore is inviting customers to bring in their Borders or Angus & Robertson rewards card into any Dymocks store during March to receive 1,000 points when they join the Dymocks Booklovers’ Rewards program.
Dymocks is here to stay
With REDgroup Retail announcing it entered into voluntary administration last week, RetailBiz caught up with book chain Dymocks' CEO Don Grover to see whether they were feeling the pressure of online shopping.
Borders, Angus & Robertson in trouble
REDgroup Retail, which also owns and operates Angus & Robertson and Whitcoulls in New Zealand, has appointed Ferrier Hodgson partners as voluntary administrators
REDgroup Retail to cut staff
The company has confirmed that an internal email was sent to REDgroup employees informing it will be looking at cost cutting, which will include staff reductions.
New POS rollout for REDgroup Retail
REDgroup Retail and Triquestra have managed to integrate a new POS system across 32 Borders store in the Asia-Pacific in five months.
REDgroup to grow focus categories
REDgroup Retail has appointed Adrian Jones to the role of group commercial director.
Borders connects to Foursquare
Borders has become one of the first major retailers in Australia to run a promotional campaign based around the location-sharing platform Foursquare.
REDgroup Retail exclusive distributor for Sony Reader
Since its initial launch in 2004 to the North American and European market, the Sony Reader range will finally be arriving to Australia's shores from early September.
