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REDgroup Retail
Company typePrivate
IndustryRetail (Specialty)
Pop-up Retail
Bookstores
Online shopping
Founded1998; 26 years ago (1998)
DefunctFebruary 2011; 13 years ago (2011-02) [1]
Headquarters
Melbourne, Australia
OwnerPacific Equity Partners
Number of employees
2,500 [1]
DivisionsBorders (Asia Pacific)
Angus & Robertson
Whitcoulls
Websiteredgroupretail.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.[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

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  1. ^ a b Speedy, Blair. "Borders, Angus & Robertson parent Redgroup Retail in voluntary administration". The Australian. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  2. ^ REDgroup Retail. "REDgroup Website". Archived from the original on 6 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Borders, Angus & Robertson websites snapped up by educational publisher Pearson Australia Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine