Collins Booksellers
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Type | Private |
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Industry | Specialty retail |
Founded | 1922 |
Founder | |
Headquarters | , Australia |
Number of locations | 27 "Collins" stores and 2 "Hill Of Content" stores |
Products | Books, DVDs & eReaders |
Website | collinsbooks |
Collins Booksellers Pty Ltd is an Australian book store chain founded in 1922 by . The name Collins is from the original location of the first store, 622 Collins Street, Melbourne.[1]
The company remained family owned until 2005, when it was placed into administration resulting in a franchisee buyout of company owned stores.[2][3]
In 2020 the company consists of only 24 franchised outlets under the brand name "Collins Booksellers" and 2 stores under the brand name "Hill of Content", down from the peak of 80 stores in 2011.[4]
Notes[]
- ^ Walsh, Jennifer. "Collins Site". Collinsbooks.com.au. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ http://www.grantthornton.com.au%2Ffiles%2FVA_6C_report%2520to%2520creditors%2520439A.pdf&ei=Mk19Ts6HIo_IrQeIu7zNDw&usg=AFQjCNG0-bgO_AJhvJ46F1Jh6JfDE82FnQ&sig2=s245k5T2-_HW0z9elGTJbQ
- ^ "Happy ending for Collins franchises". theage.com.au. 13 July 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Official Submission by Collins on the Copyright Restrictions on the Parallel Importance of Books". Retrieved 11 August 2009.
Categories:
- Bookshops of Australia
- Retail companies established in 1922
- Australian companies established in 1922
- Australian company stubs