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                           <title><![CDATA[Borders Australia Launches eBooks Platform powered by Kobo]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Wednesday 19 May 2010;  CHANGE THE WAY YOU READ FOREVER &ndash; OPEN STANDARDS WITH CONTENT AVAILABLE ON POPULAR DEVICES, INCLUDING THE IPAD A GREAT RANGE OF AUSTRALIAN CONTENT Borders Australia has today launched its eBooks offering, giving Australian consumers the ability to read eBooks anytime, anywhere and on any enabled device of their choosing. The Borders eBook platform is "Powered by Kobo", a global eReading service. At launch, book lovers will be able to choose from a great range of dedicated Australian content delivered on the Borders eBooks platform. From today, Borders will also start selling its own eReader...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 4 Jun 2010 08:32:35 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Borders Launches Online Price Guarantee]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Thursday 29 April 2010; Borders online announced today a price guarantee that ensures Australians will always buy books cheaper online at home than on Amazon.com   The announcement came as Borders confirmed it would launch their eBooks platform and eReading device on May 13.   The Borders online price guarantee which will commence from 30 April 2010 signals a new era in the way Australian book sellers compete in the global online market.   The guarantee applies to the delivered price of a book to Australia.  Borders are confident their pricing is competitive with Amazon, however...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 4 Jun 2010 06:50:32 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Half Year Profit Increases $ 8.8 Million]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Wednesday 28 April 2010; REDgroup Retail today announced a 1HFY10 Profit After Tax increase of 83% to $ 19.5 million, up from $ 10.7 million in 2009, and a Net Profit Before Tax increase of 57%. Group Managing Director Dave Fenlon said 1HFY10 was an important time for REDgroup, as it marked the implementation of phase 1 of an integration and restructure process focused on the fusion of the 3 iconic brands Whitcoulls, Angus &amp; Robertson and Borders. The process aimed to deliver a seamless operating environment delivering significant efficiencies and cost benefits to the Company. Phase 2...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 4 Jun 2010 06:50:19 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[REDgroup to revolutionise eContent with global digital books deal]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[WEDNESDAY, 16th December 2009: REDgroup Retail (&ldquo;Redgroup&rdquo;) today announced it had signed an agreement with Kobo Inc, a new global eReading service that has spun off of Canada&rsquo;s leading book retailer, Indigo Books &amp; Music Inc (&ldquo;Indigo&rdquo;).   Kobo will allow customers to purchase and download eBooks and eContent directly from REDgroup&rsquo;s transactional websites &ndash; Angus &amp; Robertson and Borders in Australia and Whitcoulls in New Zealand.  REDgroup expects to launch Kobo via its online platform by May 2010.   Kobo is the reinvention of Indigo&rsquo;s existing eBooks service currently known as &lsquo;Shortcovers&rsquo; in the marketplace....]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[REDgroup Retail FY09 EBITDA up 301%]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Thursday, 29th October 2009; REDgroup Retail Pty Ltd today announced a 301% increase in financial year 2009 earnings, despite tough economic conditions. REDgroup reported FY09 EBITDA of $ 42.4 million, compared to $ 14.1 million in FY08. This result is before one‐off costs of $ 21.4 million are accounted for, including $ 12.6 million associated with the integration of Borders into the REDgroup business. PRESS RELEASE: REDgroup Retail FY09 Results...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Senior Appointments in NZ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Friday 28 August 2009; REDgroup Retail today announced the appointment of Sam Shosanya to the role of Category Director for REDgroup retail and former Dymocks executive, Andrew Howard, to the role of Sales &amp; Operations Manager for Borders New Zealand. Mr Shosanya is a former GM of Marketing &amp; Merchandise for Life Pharmacy with significant category management experience for other local retailers such as The Warehouse and international retailers such as UK supermarket giant Sainsbury&rsquo;s and D.I.Y. store HomeBase. Mr Howard joins the REDgroup team following two years as General Manager of Dymocks New Zealand during which time he worked...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 3 Sep 2009 18:28:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Borders eCommerce Website Launched]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Thursday 13th August 2009; REDgroup Retail launched the new Borders Australia eCommerce website on August 13th. The web site is very representative of the Borders brand and includes many features that our Borders customers will be familiar with from instore.  The web site initially offers over 2 million books in stock, all of which will ship to the customer within 24 hours.  Over the coming months the website will be expanded to include DVDs, music and stationery....]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 3 Sep 2009 09:22:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Supanews grows to 51 stores]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[On 15 June 2009 Supanews will open its 51st store at Stockland Balgowlah, NSW. Supanews Balgowlah will be the Supanews network&rsquo;s 28th franchised store. The new franchisees are currently undertaking exciting full business model training to ensure their success in the new development. This latest sale exemplifies a period of extraordinary accelerated franchise expansion for the newsagency retailer. Despite an economic downturn, global uncertainty and low consumer confidence, ten Supanews full business model newsagencies have transitioned to new franchisees in six months and interest has not yet died down, with a further three outlets currently under contract. During tough economic...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:40:55 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Tim Winton wins Miles Frankiln Award]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Breath by Tim Winton has won the Miles Franklin Award for 2009. The award is Australia's most important literary prize. Winton has also won in 1992 with Cloudstreet and in 2002 for Dirt Music, which was shortlisted the same year for the Man Booker Prize. Breath, which follows the life story of Bruce 'Pikelet' Pike who as a young boy learns to surf with his friend, was described by judges as 'a searing document about masculinity, about risk, and about young people's desire to push the limits'. The win means Winton enters the record books as the only author to...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[REDgroup Retail Doubles Profits]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[REDgroup Retail Pty Ltd today announced a 101% increase in first half Earnings Before Interest &amp; Tax (EBIT) of $ 22.1m, this result was before one-off integration costs of $ 3.9m. The acquisition of Borders in June 2008 contributed to the robust financial performance of REDgroup for the 26 weeks ended 28 February, 2009. The one-off costs were incurred in respect of integrating the Borders business into the wider group. The company reported that the integration of the two businesses has progressed to plan, including the successful migration away from Borders legacy IT systems to REDgroup's SAP platform. REDgroup Executive...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:47:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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