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Bookstores close after NZ tornado

A number of New Zealand bookstores are currently closed following the tornado which hit Auckland on 3 May. Whitcoulls has advised that the Whitcoulls store located in the Westfield shopping centre in ...

REDgroup Administration: Administrators take 25 A&R franchises to court; 16 Borders stores to close; NZ airport stores sold; Cain, Smith leave REDgrou

The Supreme Court of New South Wales is expected to announce a hearing date tomorrow in the legal case between REDgroup Retail administrators Ferrier Hodgson and the 25 Angus & Robertson...

REDgroup administration: 16 Borders stores to close in Australia, 510 staff affected

REDgroup administrators Ferrier Hodgson has announced that it will close 16 Borders stores in Australia.  The closures will affect 510 staff and leave just nine Borders stores in Austra...

REDgroup administration: 12 more A&R stores to close; Whitcoulls airport stores sold

The administrators of REDgroup Retail have announced a further 12 Angus & Robertson stores will close. A statement from administrators Ferrier Hodson released on Thursday 31 March said the cl...

NZ travel book prize winners announced

The winners of this year's Whitcoulls Travcom Travel Book of the Year Award and the Whitcoulls Pictorial Travel Book of the Year Award have been announced. Auckland author Ian Robertson was announced ...

REDgroup Administration: Convening period for second meetings of creditors extended; REDgroup NZ for sale; More info for prospective buyers released

The Federal Court of Australia has this week extended the period within which administrators Ferrier Hodgson must convene a second meeting of creditors for the Australian companies of REDgroup Retail....

REDgroup administration: REDgroup Australia for sale; 37 A&R stores, 1 Borders store in Oz to close; 321 staff affected

Administrators Ferrier Hodgson has announced it is seeking expressions of interest for the Australian-based companies of REDgroup Retail. In an advertisement in yesterday's Au...

RedGroup administrators: staff owed $7.8 million, unsecured creditors $44 million

The administrators of REDgroup Retail held the first creditors' meetings in Melbourne and Auckland yesterday.  Key pointsstaff owed $7.8 millionunsecured creditors owed $44 millionPEP owed $...

REDgroup enters into voluntary administration

REDgroup Retail, owners of Angus & Robertson and Borders stores in Australia, and Whitcoulls stores in New Zealand, has been placed into voluntary administration, reports The Sydney Morning Hera...

REDgroup redeems NZX-listed Retail Notes

As a legacy of its acquisition of New Zealand bookselling chain Whitcoulls, REDgroup Retail has continued to be listed on the New Zealand stock exchange (NZX).  However, as reported in the Weekly...
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