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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail (Specialty) Pop-up Retail Bookstores Online shopping |
| Founded | 1998; 27 years ago (1998) |
| Defunct | February 2011; 13 years ago (2011-02) |
| Headquarters | Melbourne, Australia |
| Owner | Pacific Equity Partners |
| Number of employees | 2,500 |
| Divisions | Borders (Asia Pacific) Angus & Robertson Whitcoulls |
| Website | redgroupretail.com |
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.
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.
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. Whitcoulls was sold to the James Pascoe Group.
References
- ^ 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 Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine