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Tue, 04/10/2011 - 10:20
The Book People has said it forecasts sales growth within 2011, after its most recent set of accounts showed a decline in sales and profit.
For the year ending 31st December 2010, sales were down from £71.9m to £69.6m. Operating profit was down from £2.3m to £1.3m. However, this included a £2.2m...
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Wed, 06/07/2011 - 08:01
Waterstone’s children’s range buyer Claudia Mody is to join The Book People as a buyer for Red House it's children's consumer-facing book club.
Mody will start on 1st August at The Book People. Seni Glaister, chief executive of TBP, said: "We are thrilled to announce that Claudia Mody will be joining the Book...
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Mon, 09/11/2009 - 15:02
Direct bookseller The Book People (TBP) Group recorded a loss of close to £2m in 2008, according to accounts submitted with Companies House, thanks to high interest charges and losses at newly acquired company Index Books. TBP Ltd alone, which does not include results from Index, recorded a loss of more than £1.1m.
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Wed, 17/06/2009 - 14:35
Scholastic and The Book People are to close the joint venture they have been operating since 2002, which brought together the Red House consumer-facing book club and the schools-based School Link book club under one management.
Dick Robinson, chief executive of Scholastic Inc, and Seni Glaister, chief executive of The Book People (TBP),...
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Wed, 03/09/2008 - 08:02
The Book People is "absolutely on target" for meeting its 2008 goals, having posted strong results for the last financial year, according to its chief executive Seni Glaister. Accounts for the Book People Group show sales growth of 6% on the previous year, up from £78.1m in 2006 to £82.3m, with acquisitions, Index Books...
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Mon, 16/06/2008 - 07:58
Only half of young people aged 18-24 years old think people will still be using bookshops in 20 years' time. That was one of the statistics revealed at The Bookseller's Reading The Future conference on Thursday, which presented new consumer research into the reading and buying habits of 1,000 adults across the country.
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Wed, 13/02/2008 - 13:15
Susie Ridley, who left The Book People a year ago to take up a role as Waterstone's children's buyer, is returning to her former employer as group marketing director.
She will be responsible for making sure The Book People maintains its "voice and very clear marketing strategy" for each of its brands, said c.e.o. Seni...
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Mon, 28/01/2008 - 12:26
On a trip to the Book People's Godalming headquarters it is impossible to avoid stumbling across numbers, each more jaw-dropping than the last. This cute little suede--covered Collins mini dictionary? Over 180,000 copies sold. A special edition of Michael Rosen's We're Going On a Bear Hunt? 200,000. This classic Jamie...
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