Indigo Books and Music

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Indigo Books store at the Toronto Eaton Centre

Indigo Books & Music, Inc. is the largest bookstore chain in Canada. It was created in 1996, and their first store, called Indigo Books, Music & More, was opened in Burlington, Ontario on September 4, 1997. Indigo merged with Chapters Inc., their largest competitor, on August 14, 2001. The founder and CEO of Indigo is Heather Reisman.

The Company sells books and related items through its website [Indigo.ca], and in stores.

In 2001, the store generated controversy by removing Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" from the shelves. Similarly, the company chose in 2006 not to sell the June issue of Harper's magazine which featured an article by Art Spiegelman, in which he reprinted and discussed controversial cartoons that had sparked violent demonstrations around the world.

Contents

1 Sources
2 Head Office
3 Financials
4 Management
5 External links

Sources

A little more free speech, please http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=eaf7a2a8-4526-4d31-a8ef-df6d609a8da5

Indigo pulls controversial Harper's off the shelves, www.globeandmail.com, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060526.wxchapters27/BNStory/Entertainment/

Head Office

Location: 468 King Street West, Suite 500, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 1L8
Number of employees: 6,000

Financials

Revenue for 2004: $787.5 million CAD
Net Earnings for 2004: 11.7 million CAD

Management

Heather Reisman — Chief Executive Officer
Jim McGill — Chief Financial Officer
Michael Serbinis — Chief Information Officer
Victor DiRisio — Executive Vice-President, Supply Chain Management
Deirdre Horgan — Executive Vice-President, Marketing
Jonathan Ehrlich — Senior Vice-President, Online
Lloyd Perlmutter — Executive Vice President, Retail Operations and Customer Experience
Tova White — Vice-President, Human Resource/Organization Development
Joel Silver — Senior Vice-President, Print Procurement
Eric Berthold — Senior Vice President, Lifestyle

See also: book, publishing

External links

[Indigo Books and Music]

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