REDgroup Retail
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| Private | |
| Industry |
Retail (Specialty) Pop-up Retail Bookstores Online shopping |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Defunct | February, 2011 [1] |
| Headquarters | Melbourne, Australia |
Number of employees | 2,500 [1] |
| Parent | Pacific Equity Partners |
| Divisions |
Borders (Asia Pacific) Angus & Robertson Whitcoulls |
| Website | redgroupretail.com |
REDgroup Retail was the former parent company of the Australian and New Zealand divisions of Borders. It also owned other retail entities such as Angus & Robertson in Australia and Whitcoulls in New Zealand.
REDgroup Retail also owned a number of specialty retail stores such as the Pop-up Retail chain, the Calendar Club in Australia and New Zealand along with the Supanews chain.[2]
REDgroup Retail went into administration in 2011. Angus & Robertson and Borders Australia stores were closed or sold; the names and websites were sold to Pearson.[3] Whitcoulls was sold to the James Pascoe Group.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Speedy, Blair. "Borders, Angus & Robertson parent Redgroup Retail in voluntary administration". The Australian. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ↑ REDgroup Retail. "REDgroup Website". Archived from the original on 6 April 2010.
- ↑ Borders, Angus & Robertson websites snapped up by educational publisher Pearson Australia