Collins Booksellers

Collins Booksellers
Collins Booksellers Pty Ltd
Industry Specialty retail
Founded Melbourne, Australia
Founder(s) Frederick Henry Slamen
Headquarters Melbourne, Australia
Number of locations 70 stores as "Collins"
Key people Daniel Jordon, CEO
Products Books, DVDs & eReaders
Website http://collinsbooks.com.au

Collins Booksellers Pty Ltd is an Australian book store chain founded in 1922 by Frederick Henry Slamen. The name Collins is from the original location of the first store, 622 Collins Street, Melbourne [1].

The company remained family owned until 2005, when it was placed into administration resulting in a franchisee buyout of company owned stores. [2][3]

The company consists of 70 franchised outlets under the brand name "Collins", located in VIC, NSW, SA, WA and QLD. [4].

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.collinsbooks.com.au
  2. ^ http://www.grantthornton.com.au%2Ffiles%2FVA_6C_report%2520to%2520creditors%2520439A.pdf&ei=Mk19Ts6HIo_IrQeIu7zNDw&usg=AFQjCNG0-bgO_AJhvJ46F1Jh6JfDE82FnQ&sig2=s245k5T2-_HW0z9elGTJbQ
  3. ^ http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/happy-ending-for-collins-franchises/2005/07/12/1120934240870.html
  4. ^ "Official Submission by Collins on the Copyright Restrictions on the Parallel Importance of Books". http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache%3A73EdpGYrFZIJ%3Awww.pc.gov.au%2F__data%2Fassets%2Fpdf_file%2F0009%2F85950%2Fsub230.pdf+collins+booksellers+pty+ltd&hl=en&gl=au&sig=AFQjCNGTsvM5aGO7o-2Onyb3thFUgl4pnQ&pli=1. Retrieved 2009-08-11. 



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