From the Newsroom*
São Paulo – One of the largest chains of bookshops in Brazil, Livraria Nobel, plans to open four new franchises abroad in the first quarter of 2007. The new units should be opened in Mexico, Angola and Spain. The bookshop already has five shops in Portugal and five in Spain.
According to information disclosed by a spokesperson for the company, perspectives for this year are for Nobel to open five more units in Portugal and Spain, as well as starting negotiations in the United States. In Brazil, the forecast is to open another 30 shops by the end of the year. There are already 150 shops spread all around the country.
Livraria Nobel works in three formats: Nobel Express, Nobel Books and Stationery and Nobel Mega Store, which offers not only books but also CDs, DVDs and stationery.
*Translated by Mark Ament
