Audax Groep

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Audax Groep
Company type Besloten Vennootschap
IndustryPrint media, retail
Founded1958
Founder Jacques de Leeuw
Headquarters
Gilze
,
Netherlands
Key people
Hubert de Leeuw, CEO/chair
Productsmagazines
OwnersDe Leeuw family members
Website audax.nl

Audax Groep is a Dutch print media and retail company, active also in Belgium. The publishing arm publishes magazines. It also produces and prints books, calendars, and flyers for other companies and builds websites. The Audax headquarters are located in Gilze.

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History

Audax was founded in 1958 by Jacques de Leeuw. Jacques de Leeuw led the company until 2017 when he was replaced by his son, Hubert de Leeuw.

In 2018, Audax sold magazine publisher Cascade to DPG Media, parting from magazines Primo, Eos, Bahamontes, Motoren & Toerisme and For Girls Only. [1] But for Primo, DPG sold these magazines again. [2] In November 2020, Audax Publishing published 11 magazines. Its most notables titles were HP/De Tijd, Weekend, Party, and Mijn Geheim. Most titles were acquired from the Finnish Sanoma concern.

In 2019 Hubert de Leeuw was replaced by Casper de Nooijer. [3] In 2020, Hubert de Leeuw took over the lead again. [3] In May 2021 Audax published an intention to sell off the Marskramer, Novy and Prima stores it had acquired in 2019. [4] In August 2021, these were acquired by the toy chain Otto Simon. [5] On 1 April 2022, HP/De Tijd left the Audax Groep after 31 years. [6] Since then, HP/De Tijd is published by a newly established nonprifit, Het Vrije Woord. [6]

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AKO store in Dordrecht railway station

Retail

AKO

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Bruna

Bruna store in Hoogezand. Bruna, Hoogezand (2019) 02.jpg
Bruna store in Hoogezand.

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In early 2017, the book chain was in serious financial trouble; its main stockholders came to the rescue in February. [10] [11] In December 2017 the company was acquired by the publisher Veen Bosch & Keuning (VBK). [12] In late 2019, the company was acquired by Audax, the parent company of competing bookseller Algemene Kiosk Onderneming (AKO). [7] [13] In November 2020, Bruna operated 270 shops. In April 2023, the number of stores was down to 244.

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References

  1. ↑ "De Persgroep Publishing en Medialaan nemen uitgeverij van EOS over". HLN. De Persgroep. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Uitgeverij achter Primo en Eos ontmanteld". De Tijd (in Dutch). 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  3. 1 2 "Eigenaar Bruna en Marskramer stuurt ceo weg". RetailTrends. 26 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "'Audax doet Marskramer na twee jaar van de hand'".
  5. ↑ "Winkels Marskramer overgenomen door speelgoedhandel Otto Simon". RTL Nieuws . 25 August 2021.
  6. 1 2 "HP/De Tijd gaat zelfstandig verder". HP/De Tijd . 29 March 2022. Na 31 jaar als weekblad en vervolgens maandblad onder de vleugels van moederconcern Audax te hebben geopereerd, zal HP/De Tijd zelfstandig verdergaan.
  7. 1 2 (in Dutch) "Bruna overgenomen door moederbedrijf van concurrent AKO", De Volkskrant , 19 November 2019.
  8. ↑ (in Dutch) "Henk Bruna, oprichter Bruna-winkels, overleden", Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 26 February 2008, archived from the original on 6 June 2008.
  9. ↑ (in Dutch) Peet Vogels, "Bruna wil 100 nieuwe winkels, 'we zijn geen grijze muis meer'", Algemeen Dagblad , 18 April 2019.
  10. ↑ (in Dutch) "Aandeelhouders PostNL en ING schieten Bruna te hulp", NU.nl , 14 February 2017.
  11. ↑ (in Dutch) Alexander Leeuw, "Nu ook Bruna in zwaar weer", Nederlands Dagblad , 16 February 2017 (subscription required).
  12. ↑ (in Dutch) Hanneke Chin-A-Fo and Toef Jaeger, "Winkelketen Bruna overgenomen door uitgeefconcern VBK", NRC Handelsblad, 6 December 2017 (subscription required).
  13. ↑ (in Dutch) Floor Bouma, "Bruna en AKO-moederbedrijf Audax gaan samen verder", NRC Handelsblad , 18 November 2019.
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