Borders to reopen in Singapore
Borders bookstore will reopen in the Singapore suburb of Jurong by the end of the year, reports Yahoo News. Book retailer Popular Holdings recently announced that it had acquired the...
Bookworld offers to beat Amazon by 10%
Online bookseller Bookworld has launched a ‘Bookworld Price Guarantee’ for its loyalty club members, offering to beat Amazon’s prices by 10%. Under the promotion, which was launched on 1 November,...
Bookworld launches with new loyalty program
The Borders Australia online business has been rebranded and the new Bookworld website is now live. Among the features of the new site is a new ‘citizenship’ membership program, which...
Webber appointed CEO of Bookworld
James Webber, former ecommerce and digital manager at REDgroup Retail, has been appointed CEO of Bookworld, the division of Pearson Australia which operates the Angus & Robertson (A&R) and the...
Pearson to rebrand Borders online as Bookworld
Pearson Australia Group will rebrand the former REDgroup Retail-owned Borders online business as Bookworld this month. In a statement on the Borders.com.au website, Pearson said that the current Borders.com.au website...
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...
Borders Singapore: staff, gift card holders likely to be repaid
Former employees of Borders Singapore and gift card holders are likely to be paid the money owed to them following a decision by owner REDgroup Retail to forego a $2.5...
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...
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...
In Brief
Kobo Touch now available to order from A&R, Borders websitesKobo ereading devices are now available for pre-order from the Angus & Robertson and Borders websites, owned by Pearson Group Australia. Borders...
Final Borders store in Singapore closes; Pearson buys ANZ rights to use Borders name
The remaining Borders store at Parkway Parade in Singapore closed this week, reports AsiaOne. The store closed on 26 September, following a 70% closing down sale which began last week....
Borders Singapore placed under judicial management
Borders Singapore has been placed under judicial management for six months, reports ChannelNewsAsia. Judicial management is a form of administration in which a court-appointed officer takes on management of a business in...
Future of Borders Singapore uncertain
News reports in Singapore this week suggest that the future of Borders stores in the country is uncertain. The Straits Times reported on 20 August that the Borders flagship store...
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...
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...