retail specialty pop up retail bookstores online shopping founded 1998 defunct february 2011 1 headquarters melbourne australia owner pacific equity partners number of employees 2 500 1 divisions borders asia pacific angus & robertson whitcoulls website redgroupretail.com redgroup retail was the former parent private equity company of the australian and new zealand divisions of borders . it also owned other retail entities such as angus & robertson in australia and whitcoulls in new zealand . redgroup retail also owned a number of specialty retail stores such as the pop up retail chain the calendar club in australia and new zealand along with the supanews chain . 2 redgroup retail went into administration in 2011 . angus & robertson and borders australia stores were closed or sold ; the names and websites were sold to pearson . 3 whitcoulls was sold to the james pascoe group . references edit a b speedy blair . borders angus & robertson parent redgroup retail in voluntary administration . the australian . retrieved 5 january 2012 . redgroup retail . redgroup website . archived from the original on april 6 2010 . cs1 maint unfit url link borders angus & robertson websites snapped up by educational publisher pearson australia retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title redgroup retail & oldid 744160964 categories companies based in melbournedefunct retail companies of australiaretailing in australiaaustralian subsidiaries of foreign companieshidden categories cs1 maint unfit url navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 13 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view