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Swets buys Frencken for Dutch print outlet.(Boekhandel E Frencken)

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Swets buys Frencken for Dutch print outlet

Tracey Caldwell

Netherlands-based subscription services company Swets has bought up Dutch bookseller Boekhandel E Frencken to help consolidate its position and provide it with a ready-made infrastructure to sell books in its home country.

Swets representative Anthony Hodge said the move was not part of a wider acquisitions strategy.

He told IWR: "Swets does not currently have a strategy to acquire any more booksellers or subscription agents.

"Frencken posed a unique opportunity for Swets because of its long-standing client base and extensive reputation."

Boekhandel E Frencken was a family business and will now be known as Frencken Information Systems. The bookseller was focused on private sales but has increasingly specialised in commercial supplies of books and ...

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