Book Club Associates sold to Webb Group

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 08/03/2011 - 16:00 Online bookseller Book Club Associates (BCA) has been sold to a retail home entertainment supplier. The Webb Group, which supplies retail home entertainment products including games, DVDs, music and gifts, announced the acquisition of the BCA, which sells books through mail order and online, today [8th March]. The online book retailer also ran Books Direct and Books for Children and has around a quarter of a million customers. They will now join the customers of The Webb Group, which equates to around one million across mail order and online. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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