Dymocks Booksellers
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Dymocks booksellers is a bookstore chain in Australia, with 84 stores.[1]
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[edit] History
Its first bookstore was opened in Sydney by William Dymock in 1879. In 1986 the bookstore chain was established as a franchise chain, and has since opened stores in every mainland state, and also internationally in New Zealand and Singapore.[2]
In 1999, Dymocks Booksellers entered into a joint-venture with South China Morning Post (Holdings) to set up Dymocks Franchise Systems (China), in order to expand the Dymocks chain into Hong Kong and Mainland China.[3]
[edit] Dymocks Today
Dymocks presently holds the second-largest slice of the Australian book market, at 17-18 per cent, behind competitor Angus & Robertson, which holds a 20 per cent share.[1]
In addition to stocking music CDs, DVDs and other book-related items, Dymocks now has an online store launched in late 2006 in response to the increasing penetration into the Australian book market of online retailers such as Amazon.com.[4]
The Chief Executive of Dymocks Booksellers, Don Grover,[5] has indicated Dymocks is considering expanding into new markets such as e-books and printing-on-demand, to meet the challenges of a fragmenting book market.[5] It was also reported in July 2007 that Dymocks was considering entering a bid for the Australian and New Zealand business of Borders Group.[1]
A noted recent appointment to the Board of Directors of Dymocks Booksellers is former New South Wales Premier Bob Carr.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Carolyn Cummins; Danny John. "Dymocks ponders a bid as Borders parent retreats", Business, Sydney Morning Herald, 2007-07-26, p. 27. Retrieved on 2007-09-08. (English)
- ^ Teo Pau Lin. "Shopping down under", The Straits Times, 2000-07-03. Retrieved on 2008-09-08. (English) "With CityLink Mall connecting the Raffles City and Marina Centre areas, pedestrians can pick up a coffee or a couple of CDs on the go easily ... ANCHOR TENANTS: HMV music store, Dymocks Books and Pacific Coffee Company"
- ^ Tsang, Denise. "Dymocks, SCMP forge mainland venture.", South China Morning Post, 1999-09-01. Retrieved on 2007-09-08. (English)
- ^ Staff writer. "Dymocks responds to Amazon", Adbrief, 2006-11-24, p. 3. Retrieved on 2007-09-08. (English) "Australia's Dymocks Booksellers has revamped its online store to be more competitive with US rival, Amazon."
- ^ a b Sibillin, Anthony. "Books alive", Business Review Weekly, 2007-08-16, p. 10. Retrieved on 2007-09-08. (English)
- ^ Masters, Clare. "Carr turns new page in career", The Daily Telegraph, 2007-08-01, p. 8. Retrieved on 2007-09-08. (English)
