Former type Private Website redgroupretail.com Owner Pacific Equity Partners Number of employees 2,500 | Defunct February, 2011 Headquarters Melbourne Founded 1998 Ceased operations February 2011 | |
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Industry Retail (Specialty)
Pop-up Retail
Bookstores
Online shopping Divisions Borders (Asia Pacific)
Angus & Robertson
Whitcoulls Subsidiaries Borders PTE. Ltd, WGL Realisations Limited, Whitcoulls Group Holdings Pty Limited, Supanews Retail Pty Ltd. | ||
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
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