Chapters: Canadian or not

[danaeris]

Well, researching this one certainly has been confusing. Here's what I found.

In the beginning, there was Indigo Books, Smithbooks and Coles.

Pathfinder Capital and Canadian General Capital bought Smithbooks and Coles, forming Chapters Inc.

Feb 2001, Trilogy Retail Enterprises bought Chapters Inc.

Aug 2001, Chapters and Indigo merged and incorporated as Indigo Books and Music Inc.

I've been unable to find any further information on Trilogy; Pathfinder Capital was a two person company which I assume is now defunct, and the same might be true of Canadian General Capital.

You can read about their management here... Virtually all of the executive officers are Canadian, including the woman and husband team who originally founded Indigo back when it was a one store company based in Burlington Ontario.

You can also read company profiles below; according to them, the company is listed on the TSE (is this usually an indication of being Canadian?), has its main office in Toronto, and was incorporated in Ontario in 1995., star
Yahoo Profile
Globe and Mail profile

It is possible I'm missing something, but it looks pretty clear to me that Indigo is Canadian from head to toe. If you have a solid piece of research contradicting that conclusion, please refer me to your source, because I'd be interested to read it.

And guys, not to be snippy, but... I love you all, even those who erroneously corrected me. But when I post the results of research I've done and state that I just researched this (dunno if I stated that in this case, but I will in the future), please don't argue unless you have a reliable source, where yo mama is not one.

In other news, I'm very hungry. I think I'll eat the world now, starting with your base. Make your time.

Comments

[outcastspice.livejournal.com]

hey baby! i didn't mean to argue, i was genuinely curious and figured that you knew where to find the info better than i did, since you were writing about it and are so smart about things like this. thanks very much for sharing all this information (since it backs me up and contradicts my man!) and have a good weekend :)

[danaeris.livejournal.com]

neh, I'm not pissed at all. I just really like the idea of Chapters being Canadian, and got all sad when I saw two people questioning my conclusion that they are. Luckily, looks like I'm right, and therefore you're right, and Pixel will have to be punished. ;)

[outcastspice.livejournal.com]

i also like the idea :) um... not so sure about that last bit, though!

[etherlad.livejournal.com]

In other news, I'm very hungry. I think I'll eat the world now, starting with your base. Make your time.

What you say!! (http://www.planettribes.com/allyourbase/AYB2.swf)

Just to complete the record

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

The Indigo group also bought out the World's Biggest Bookstore a few years back.

Re: Just to complete the record

[etherlad.livejournal.com]

Well, they didn't "buy it out" so much as it was already owned by the same people that owned Chapters, IIRC.

Re: Just to complete the record

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

Are you positive on that?

I was talking about it with a salesperson there, and he seemed quite positive that they used to be independant.

[tradeqt.livejournal.com]

But what as Indigo, and its predecessor Chapters done to Canadian bookselling and publishing? Despite being Canadian (a rather obvious conclusion given they are owned by Heather Reisman, who is, Canadian), the company is, quite possibly, killing Canadian book publishing industry, and driving Indie booksellers out of business.