Kodansha, Shogakkan and Shueisha to acquire shares of a new old chain chain shop "BOOKOFF"

Three major companies, Kodansha, Shogakkan and Shueisha, which are major publishing companiesOld fashioned bookSales chain store "Book off (BOOKOFF)"It is clear that it intends to acquire the shares of.

It is a new old book chain store that has become a pressure that may further press down the profits of publishers who are even depressed due to the dealing with nearly new books, but what purpose is to acquire the stock Is it there?

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Details are as below.
To acquire NHK News Publishing major book-off stock

According to NHK (Japan Broadcasters Association) coverage, Kodansha, Shogakkan and Shueisha collaborate with printing companies and others to get approximately 30% of the shares of second-hand book sales "book off corporation" It is said that it is clear that it is advancing talks of.

This is the largest printing industry "Dai Nippon Printing", its subsidiary and a well-established bookstore "MaruzenAnd acquire the shares of Book-off Corporation from Nippon Policy Development Investment Bank etc. from the largest shareholder, etc. With the publication recession getting worse, the second-hand market that has become established for consumers by becoming a book-off shareholder And it seems there is a purpose to utilize the book off office network as a sales channel.

The book off has deployed about 900 stores nationwide, leading the market expansion of second-hand books,Received rebates and inflated sales for furniture sales with Maruzen discovered in 2007In response to the poor performance, Japanese policy and investment banks said that they purchased shares from founder and became the largest shareholder and was rebuilding its management.

By the way, book offChange in salesIt is like this. It is evident that it is growing every year.


This isSales by segment. The book - off business accounts for the overwhelming proportion.


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According to the following link, the share of book-off shares is 4.29% for Kodansha, Shogakkan and Shueisha, 6.6% for Dai Nippon Printing, 5.57% for Maruzen, 3.86% for Library Distribution Center, The largest shareholder seems to be Dai Nippon Printing.

Kodansha, Shogakkan, Shueisha and DNP Group to acquire about 30% of book off shares

· 17: 43 additional recording
Shogakkan,Kodansha,Dai Nippon Printing,MaruzenWe made a press presentation together.

A table summarizing the proportions of each is like this.