Academic Bookstore
Finnish chain of bookstores
The Academic Bookstore (Finnish: Akateeminen Kirjakauppa, Swedish: Akademiska bokhandeln) is a Finnish chain of bookstores. It has both physical outlets and an online presence.
Stockmann sold the chain in 2015 to Bonnier Group. Originally founded as an independent chain, it was bought out by Stockmann in 1930. Its revenue in 2015 was about 40 million euros.
History
The Academic Bookstore was founded in 1893 by a group that included Alvar Renqvist and Gösta Branders. Its goal was "to serve equally the needs of researchers and the general public, and which, fairly looking after the interests of domestic publishing, working to establish faster and more secure links with the foreign book market". The first store was located on Aleksanterinkatu in Helsinki.
In 1901, the bookstore moved to a new location on the same street to accommodate a simultaneous inventory of 1,200 titles, followed by another relocation in 1910.
Stockmann acquired the Academic Bookstore in 1930 and moved it to the new Stockmann department store at Helsinki centre.
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