Audax Groep is a Dutch print media and retail company, active also in Belgium.

[3] In May 2021 Audax published an intention to sell off the Marskramer, Novy and Prima stores it had acquired in 2019.

[6] Since then, HP/De Tijd is published by a newly established nonprifit, Het Vrije Woord.

In addition to books it sells newspapers, magazines, stationery, computer software, and cards.

[9] 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).

Read Shop is a network of stores throughout the Netherlands that sell books, magazines, office supplies, tobacco products, and snacks.