Publishing consultancy Bloom Partners has announced that it has been commissioned to undertake a major new research study to examine the future of the campus bookseller.A group of twelve Australian...

Retail sales figures fall in April and MayAfter ten consecutive months of growth, retail sales slipped 0.1% in May and 0.3% in April, according to figures released by the Australian...

Coles Group, Australia's largest retailer--which includes Kmart, Target and Officeworks as well as Coles supermarkets--is finally set to change hands after a bid by Wesfarmers (the owners of the Bunnings...

The original Mary Ryan's bookstore, established in the Brisbane suburb of Paddington in 1970, has been sold as a franchise business. The new owners, Peter and Stephanie Hogan, although new...

The ongoing saga of who will own the Coles Group has taken another two turns in recent days.First, the board of Coles rejected the $20 million bid by Wesfarmers and...

In what would be the biggest corporate takeover in Australian history, Wesfarmers (which owns the Bunnings DIY chain) and Pacific Equity Partners (PEP, owner of Angus & Robertson Whitcoulls) have...

Coles has confirmed that it is considering breaking up the retail chain and selling Target and Officeworks separately to its supermarket and Kmart division. The company confirmed last month it...

AbeBooks, the international internet bookselling ‘marketplace' for new, used and antiquarian books, has announced the appointment of Philip Israel of Leura Books in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, as...

Department store Myer is to take over four stores from its competitor Harris Scarfe, following a takeover of the troubled South Australian-based retail chain. The $80 million takeover was led...

February retail sales figures, as measured by the Cashcard Retail Activity Index, have dropped by 0.6% to $18.6 billion, leading the National Retail Association (NRA) to describe conditions as ‘sluggish'.‘These...

Following the severe storm that lashed Canberra with golf-ball sized hailstones and 50km/h winds last Tuesday evening (27 February), several Canberra bookshops have spent the past week replacing damaged stock and...

Westfield, the world's largest shopping centre operator, has reported a record annual net profit $5.5 billion, an increase of more than 30% on 2005.The group says it has benefited from...

Australia's second-largest retailer, the Coles Group, is again up for sale. After turning down an $18 billion takeover bid by private equity group KKR last year, Coles announced a rebranding...

Australia and New Zealand both have new, dedicated online bookselling sites with the launch of TheNile.com.au and TheNile.co.nz.‘The Nile aims to provide Australian and New Zealand consumers with domestic alternatives...