Several new details have come to light since I last wrote about RedGroup Retail bankruptcy. Earlier this week the Australian Federal Court granted the Administrators for RedGroup Retail more time before they have to meet with RedGroup’s creditors. This is good; the pitchforks will be sharper and there will be more torches when the former [...]
Entries Tagged as 'whitcoulls'
RedGroup had been trying to sell Whitcoulls for the past year
March 17th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news, redgroup
Tags:redgroup·sell·whitcoulls·year
Whitcoulls price drop – Kobo e-reader now $249 NZD
September 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news
Whitcoulls have dropped the price of the Kobo e-reader. Given that Borders AU and Whitcoulls are both owned by the same company, I have to wonder what took them so long. If you remove the 12.5% tax that’s built into the retail price, you’re still left with a price around $158 USD. It’s still too [...]
Whitcoulls, Borders owner talking to their banker
July 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments · ebookstore news
TVNZ are reporting: REDgroup Retail, operator of bookstore chains Whitcoulls and Borders, is talking to its financiers in a bid to get a waiver from an expected breach of banking covenants in August. The company said that following consideration of its most recent management accounts, the board has formed the view that the company is [...]
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Mebooks launches NZ ebookstore, beats Whitcoulls to the punch
May 30th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
From the announcement: Mebooks.co.nz have today launched their online eBooks site which will allow local titles of interest to Kiwis to be purchased and downloaded. The company will also help local publishers in the production and sale of their titles as eBooks, which can then be sold through the meBooks site or via other sales [...]
Whitcoulls to launch ebookstore next month
April 25th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Starting some time next month, New Zealand ebook lovers will be able to buy from Whitcoulls, who are also planning to sell e-readers. Megan English, spokesman for Whitcoulls, said that the price and availability of the ebooks and e-readers will be released when the ebookstore is launched. She also said that Whitcoulls have teamed up [...]
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