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Thalia

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Thalia is a retail company with a passion for books and reading, founded in 1919 in Hamburg. It is a family-owned business headquartered in Hagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, and is the market leader in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Thalia operates around 500 bookstores and has a strong online presence, offering a diverse range of content and stories through various channels.

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Updates as of Sep 10, 2024

• Thalia has announced that the library linking from Weltbild to Thalia is possible until September 30, 2024.
• Thalia has added the eReader tolino vision 5 to their product lineup, priced at 129,00 €.
• Thalia completed the modernization of its Bielefeld store, adding a new store design, a larger café, six self-service checkouts, and a Harry Potter corner.
• Thalia is renovating its Mayersche bookstore in Cologne to include a café with a city view, a children's area with a slide, a 24/7 book pickup station, and an expanded event space.
• Thalia will acquire the long-standing bookstore Schopf on Koogstraße next month.

• Thalia will premiere 'Sunflower' on September 11, 2024.
• Thalia will partner with Stiftung Lesen to host the literary program at the Bürgerfest des Bundespräsidenten on September 14, 2024, and will donate 1,000 books to Berliner Büchertisch after the event.
• Thalia has updated its 2025 calendar offerings to include new titles such as 'MyNOTES Abreißkalender Mein berufliches Ziel ist Freitag 2025' and 'Gärtner Pötschke Der Grüne Wink Tages-Gartenkalender 2025'.
• Thalia announced a new partnership with Gartenstadt Bücher in Rodgau.
• Thalia Retail Concepts supplies around 3,000 sales points and up to 4,000 promotional areas, mainly in grocery and drugstores, and is expanding into non-food retail.
• Thalia has introduced a more effective schoolbook scanner feature that allows users to open images or PDFs of schoolbook lists directly.
• Thalia added new exclusive eBooks 'Herzklopfen im Sanddornweg' by Kerstin Garde and 'Nordtod - Die Kolibrimädchen' by B.C. Schiller.
• Thalia now offers a feature to easily link eBook libraries from other tolino retailers with your tolino device.
• Bookbot partners with Thalia in Vienna to allow customers to drop off their used books at Thalia stores.
• Thalia has updated its book offerings to include new titles such as 'The Inheritance Games' spin-off by Jennifer Lynn Barnes and 'Mein drittes Leben' by Daniela Krien.
• Thalia has updated its pregnancy and baby book offerings, including new titles like 'Du bist die beste Mama für dein Baby' by Laila Maria Witt and 'Schwangerschaft und Geburt' by Birgit Gebauer-Sesterhenn.
• Thalia has adjusted the prices of several Bluetooth headsets, including the EKSA H5, Imperial bluTC active 1, Aukey 5.0 Touch, and Renkforce RF-TWS-610 models.
• Thalia has added new pre-order options for 'Ich – Einfach unverbesserlich 4' and 'Twisters'.
• Thalia expressed interest in acquiring assets from Weltbild's bankruptcy estate, including inventory, trademark rights, and the Tolino ereader and ebook business, and has submitted an application to the Federal Cartel Office.
• Thalia's new thriller became a bestseller even before its release and will be available for streaming on ZDF.
• Thalia started accepting used books in its twelve Vienna stores since January and is considering expanding the model to Germany.
• Thalia announced its participation in the Frankfurt Book Fair 2024 from October 18-20.
• Thalia has simplified the form for business customers interested in gift cards by reducing the required fields and focusing on essential information.
• Sebastian Schaaps has joined Thalia as Director Human Resources in Germany, previously serving as Senior Director HR at Foot Locker EMEA.
• Thalia will participate in the Federal President's Citizens' Festival with their Lesewiese.
• Thalia will participate in the Bürgerfest des Bundespräsidenten on September 14, 2024, and donate 1,000 books to the Berliner Büchertisch.
• Thalia will announce the winners of the Young Storyteller Award 2024 at the final event on October 11, 2024, in their newly opened Flagship Store in Cologne.
• Thalia removed the security check requirement for accessing their online shop.
• Thalia announced the Booklover Festival 2024, targeting romance and new adult fans.
• Thalia is organizing an overnight event at their Dresden bookstore on September 28, 2024, including dinner and breakfast.
• Thalia will sponsor the 'BookTok Publisher of the Year' category at the TikTok Book Awards on October 19, 2024, with Lisa Pankewitz, Manager of Marketing Content and Social Media, serving as a jury member.
• Thalia will host events in Vienna on 27 August 2024 and 29 August 2024, and in Linz on 29 August 2024.
• Thalia's consumer insights report for May 2024 provides a comprehensive analysis of their shoppers in Austria, including demographics, lifestyle, opinions, and marketing touchpoints.
• Thalia and Rhenus Warehousing Solutions are expanding logistics capacities in Hörselgau with a new AutoStore system to be completed by April 2025.
• Thalia has removed detailed descriptions and features from its Google Play Store app listing.
• Thalia has updated its eBook offerings, replacing 'Die Wanderhure. Intrigen in Rom' by Iny Lorentz with 'Wir treffen uns im nächsten Kapitel' by Tessa Bickers.
• Thalia and Rhenus are extending their partnership for ten years and constructing a highly efficient AutoStore with 530 robots in Hörselgau.
• Thalia will co-organize the Landstraßenfest in Vienna on August 22, 2024, featuring authors Teresa Sporrer and Sarah Saxx.
• Thalia will host the 'Enchanted by Fable' book release party with Adrienne Young on September 13, 2024, in Hamburg.

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