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Behind the success of Japanese retailer Books Kinokuniya
Where many megastores around the world have faltered amid competition from online retailers and ebooks, Books Kinokuniya...
Booktopia completes ASX listing, raising $43.1 million
The initial share offer raised $43.1 million for the online bookseller.
Booktopia bets on robots to build on bumper year
The business is investing in warehouse automation to potentially quadruple efficiency.
How the world’s oldest bookstores are surviving during Covid
These beloved bookstores may have been around for decades — centuries in some cases — but now they're finding new ways t...
Craft is cool. Retailers, get on board
More and more young people are turning to crafting for stress relief or to save costs on home renos. It’s good news for ...
Booktopia seeks $43 million to go public this December
The business launched a prospectus to launch on the ASX this holiday season.
Officeworks to be run on renewable energy within five years
The business outlined its next five years of sustainable practices.
QBD Books launches two new stores in Melbourne
At a time when most businesses are rationalizing store count and easing back into retail trade in Melbourne, QBD Books h...
How to survive in turbulent times, according to a Barnes & Noble exec
Kacey Sharrett, Barnes & Noble’s VP of e-commerce and digital, has faced some pretty turbulent times in her retail caree...
Miniso eyes US listing, valuing it at US$10.18 billion
Chinese discount-goods merchandiser eyeing an IPO in the US which could raise up to US$562.4 million.
Should bookstores really be an essential service?
Some CEOs believe bookstores should be an essential service and are lobbying the Victorian Government to allow them to r...
Booktopia sales spike 28 per cent as lockdown feeds book lovers
Bookseller shipped 30,000 items a day in FY20.
Moleskine’s new CEO discusses creativity and the brand’s plans for Asia
CEO Daniela Riccardi says one of the core priorities of a five-year plan she has drafted for Moleskine globally will be ...
Premier Retail’s sales slump in second half
As with much of the retail industry however, online sales skyrocketed.
Australian Geographic kiosks to appear in QBD Books this week
Kiosks come as QBD outlines refurbishment plans for store network.
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