Online retailer Booktopia goes into voluntary administration, customers waiting on unfulfilled orders

In short: Australian book retailer Booktopia has gone into voluntary administration.  The company has been trading at a loss for over a year and earlier made 50 staff redundant.  What’s next? Administrators are looking at selling or restructuring the main Booktopia business and its three subsidiaries. Australian online book retailer Booktopia has gone into voluntary…

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Booktopia enters voluntary administration, explores sale and recapitalisation options

Booktopia Group and its subsidiaries have entered voluntary administration two weeks after calling a trading halt at the ASX-listed online retailer which raised fears for its financial future. Keith Crawford, Matthew Caddy, and Damien Pasfield from McGrathNicol Restructuring have been appointed as administrators on 3 July 2024 and are now assessing Booktopia’s business and exploring…