Two investment firms led by Canadian billionaire Gerald Schwartz—an Indigo board member, husband of founder Heather Reisman, and the company's majority owner—has made an offer to acquire the remaining shares of Canada's largest bookstore chain. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
Canada' Indigo Books and Music saw a 5% drop in revenue, to C$365.4 million, for the quarter ended December 26, compared with the same period last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
Indigo Books and Music, Canada's dominant bookstore chain, closed all of its 199 retail locations on March 18. On Friday, March 27, the company laid off 5,200 of 7,000 total employees. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
Indigo Books and Music, Canada's dominant bookstore chain, is closing all of its 199 retail locations from the end of business today until March 27. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
Indigo Books and Music is opening a new bookstore in New Jersey in 2018, its first in the United States and one of several the company plans to open as it tests the market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indigo Books and Music will be the official bookseller for the new Inspire! Toronto International Book Fair, which is set for for November 13-16 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Not unlike the adult side of the business, children’s publishing in Canada looks to be headed for a pretty good 2013 overall, despite limited school and library budgets and reduced inventory and heavy return rates at Indigo Books and Music stores. Rick Wilks, director of Annick Press, points to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
During the annual meeting of the bookstore company, CEO Heather Reisman said 'the new Indigo will be a global company.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
First Barnes & Noble, then Indigo Books and Music and Books-A-Million – now some indie bookstores are choosing not to add Amazon-published titles to their bookshelves. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]