New bookstore for Perth Airport Archive
LS Travel Retail, which operates a Lonely Planet retail store in Sydney airport, is among the retailers selected for Perth Airport’s new domestic terminal, Terminal 2. LS Travel Retail has...
Noble to retire after 34 years at University Book Shop Dunedin Archive
Bill Noble is standing down from his position as manager of the University Book Shop, Dunedin, reports Booksellers New Zealand. Noble, who has managed the bookshop for 34 years, said...
Mary Martin Bookshop in liquidation Archive
The Mary Martin Bookshop in Adelaide has been placed into voluntary liquidation. Liquidators Clifton Hall was appointed to the company on Friday 21 September. The store, which is located on...
New owner for Continental Bookshop and Soundbooks; business moves online Archive
Specialist Melbourne bookstore Continental Bookshop and Soundbooks has been sold and is now operating as an online-only business. Chris Raynor, who operated the business with his wife Marian, told Bookseller+Publisher...
New Dymocks store to open in Prahran Archive
A new Dymocks store will open in Prahran in Melbourne in October. The new store, which will officially open on 10 October, will be located at 269-271 Chapel Street, which...
New owners for Dymocks Newmarket Archive
The Dymocks store in Newmarket, New Zealand, has been sold to new owners, reports Beattie’s Book Blog. According to Publishers Association of New Zealand president Kevin Chapman, publishers were informed...
Robinsons Bookshop to open store at Chadstone Archive
Independent Melbourne bookstore Robinsons Bookshop will open a third store next month. Owner Suzanne Horman told Bookseller+Publisher that the new store will open in Chadstone Shopping Centre in early October. Horman bought...
Mary Martin Bookshop Norwood closes Archive
The Mary Martin Bookshop in Norwood, South Australia, closed on 4 August. Owners Sarita and Justin Chadwick opened the store and cafe, which were located in a heritage-listed church, at...
Embiggen wins best fitout award Archive
Embiggen Books, located in the QV building opposite the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, has won the QV’s annual retail award for best fitout. In presenting the award, QV...
Your Bookshop chain opens fourth store Archive
The chain of independent bookshops Your Bookshop has opened a fourth store. The new store, which opened in July, is located in Top Ryde in New South Wales. The first...
New owner reopens Clifton Hill Books Archive
The new owner of Clifton Hill Books reopened the bookstore over the weekend to coincide with National Bookshop Day. Lynne Hamilton purchased the store earlier this year and has been...
New Avenue Bookstore to open in Elsternwick Archive
Independent Melbourne bookseller Avenue Bookstore will open a new store in Elsternwick in October, following the purchase of independent bookstore Sunflower Bookshop. Sunflower Bookshop, located at 434 Glenhuntly Road in...
Title opens two new stores, plans New Zealand expansion Archive
The Title books and music chain has opened a new store in Melbourne and plans to open another in Brisbane before the end of the year. The Melbourne store in...
Perth retailers able to trade on Sundays from August Archive
All retailers across the metropolitan Perth area will be able to trade on Sundays from 26 August as a result of introduced changes to the state’s retail trading regulations by...
Smiths Alternative Bookshop for sale Archive
Independent Canberra bookstore Smiths Alternative Bookshop is for sale. Owner Peter Strong told Bookseller+Publisher that he has advertised the business this week in the Canberra Times. Strong said that he...
Rogers to launch new business by Christmas Archive
Former Murdoch Books CEO Juliet Rogers will launch a new business before the end of the year called the Wild Colonial Company. Rogers, who is currently chair of the Indigenous...
Motto opens new bookstore in Melbourne Archive
International publication distributor Motto has opened its first Australian bookstore in Melbourne. The bookstore, which is located on Keele Street in Collingwood’s Compound Interest Centre for the Applied Arts, officially...
Lonely Planet to open concept stores in UK, Malaysia Archive
Travel publisher Lonely Planet will open a branded retail store at Manchester Airport in the UK this month, which will be modelled on the publisher’s original concept store at Sydney...
Retail groups express concerns over minimum wage increase Archive
Australian retailing associations have expressed concerns about the recent decision by Fair Work Australia to increase the national minimum weekly wage by 2.9%. Fair Work Australia announced its decision to...
NZ Dymocks stores rebrand as independents Archive
Dymocks stores in Queensgate and Mt Eden in New Zealand have ended their franchise agreements and are now trading as independent booksellers under the names United Booksellers and Black Sheep...
