Borders purchase: ARW to complete ‘full strategic review’ before any integration
Angus & Robertson Whitcoulls (ARW), which announced on Friday that it will acquire 100% of Borders' Australia/New Zealand/Singapore operations, will need to ‘complete a full strategic review of the Borders...
ARW buys Borders after all!
Less than three months after saying it was 'unlikely' such a deal would go ahead ARW has announced it will acquire 100% of Borders Australia/New Zealand/Singapore businesses--which includes 30 Borders...
Wooldridges acquires Education House
Perth-based educational supplier Wooldridges has announced its acquisition of Education House, which supplies textbook and school resources in Western Australia. ‘The acquisition of Education House is a key component of...
Pearson buys Tertiary Press
Pearson Education has acquired Swinburne University's publishing arm, Tertiary Press.‘It is a pretty simple story,' said Pearson Education's managing director, David Barnett. ‘Swinburne put the business on the market and...
PEP launches bid for Borders
Pacific Equity Partners, the private equity owners of Angus & Robertson in Australia and Whitcoull's in New Zealand, has lodged an ‘indicative bid' for the 24 Borders stores in both countries,...