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REDgroup Retail
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail (Specialty) Pop-up Retail Bookstores Online shopping |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Defunct | February 2011 [1] |
| Headquarters | Melbourne, Australia |
| Owner | Pacific Equity Partners |
Number of employees | 2,500 [1] |
| Divisions | Borders (Asia Pacific) Angus & Robertson Whitcoulls |
| Website | redgroupretail.com |
REDgroup Retail was the former parent (private equity) company of the Australian and New Zealand divisions of Borders. It also owned other retail entities such as Angus & Robertson in Australia and Whitcoulls in New Zealand.
REDgroup Retail also owned a number of specialty retail stores such as the Pop-up Retail chain, the Calendar Club in Australia and New Zealand along with the Supanews chain.[2]
REDgroup Retail went into administration in 2011. Angus & Robertson and Borders Australia stores were closed or sold; the names and websites were sold to Pearson.[3] Whitcoulls was sold to the James Pascoe Group.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Speedy, Blair. "Borders, Angus & Robertson parent Redgroup Retail in voluntary administration". The Australian. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ REDgroup Retail. "REDgroup Website". Archived from the original on 6 April 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Borders, Angus & Robertson websites snapped up by educational publisher Pearson Australia Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
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