REDgroup Retail
Former parent company of the Australian and New Zealand divisions of Borders / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
REDgroup Retail was the former parent (private equity) 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.
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Retail (Specialty) Pop-up Retail Bookstores Online shopping |
Founded | 1998; 26 years ago (1998) |
Defunct | February 2011; 13 years ago (2011-02) [1] |
Headquarters | Melbourne, Australia |
Owner | Pacific Equity Partners |
Number of employees | 2,500 [1] |
Divisions | Borders (Asia Pacific) Angus & Robertson Whitcoulls |
Website | redgroupretail.com |
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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.