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Technical Bookshop owed over $1 million 

12 September 2006

Melbourne’s Technical Bookshop owed unsecured creditors an estimated $1.2 million when it went into voluntary administration in late August, according to an interim creditors’ report by administrators Peter Vince &...

Borders expanding 

5 September 2006

WBN understands that Borders is set to open at least four new stores before Christmas: at Camberwell in suburban Melbourne; in Canberra’s Civic; and at Mt Gravatt and Chermside in...

Technical Bookshop in administration 

5 September 2006

Melbourne's Technical Bookshop has entered voluntary administration.‘We're continuing to trade and are confident we can reach a solution,' managing director Caroline Radford told WBN. ‘This is a long-established family business...

Victorian indies cancel Xmas catalogue 

29 August 2006

The Victorian-based Independent Booksellers Network (IBN) has decided not to produce its Christmas catalogue this year, citing a lack of support from publishers.‘We've been doing the catalogue for 10 years...

Coles Myer in takeover talks 

22 August 2006

Coles Myer, Australia's second-largest retailer, has been in the news in the past week with confirmation that it has been approached by a possible buyer, most likely the US-based private...

Plastic bag ban to begin with Victoria 

18 July 2006

Victoria has announced a plan to phase out free plastic shopping bags by 2009. From 2009, retailers will be required to charge at least 10 cents per bag.The Victorian legislation...

HMV finally completes Ottakar’s takeover 

11 July 2006

UK-based retail giant HMV completed its acquisition of Ottakar's on 3 July, nearly a year after it first announced it was in discussions with the UK bookselling chain. HMV, which is the...

A&R expansion plan 

4 July 2006

Angus & Robertson (A&R) has announced plans to open over 45 new stores by the end of next year.Recently appointed general manager Dave Fenlon, who joined the company in January...

Review into rules for franchises 

4 July 2006

The Federal Government has announced a review into a number of key sections of the Franchising Code of Conduct.The review is aimed at strengthening the disclosures section of the Code,...

MINISTER WARNS OF RETAIL WORKER SHORTAGE 

24 May 2006

Federal Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews has warned that Australia is facing a shortage of up to 22,000 workers in the retail sector over the next five years.Andrews is encouraging...