Ex Libris (bookshop)

Ex Libris is a Swiss retail company in the media sector which operates 82 department stores in Switzerland.

In 1952 Ex Libris began to sell music on vinyl; the original records were imported from England, France and USA, and were put in cases whose covers were designed by Swiss graphic designers.

[4] On 10 January 2018 ex libris announced to reduce its stores to only 14 (by 2017 57) stores, and the number of employees would also be reduced by 114 full-time equivalents: The structural change in the trading market was also reflected in Ex Libris' annual results for 2017.

[5][6][7][8] In the present days, Ex Libris offers also films on DVD and Blu-ray, as well as licensed downloads of books and music, in its stores in Switzerland and by its online webshop.

Ex Libris claims to be the largest Swiss online shop for books, music, movies, games, and electronics, and features a network in the German-speaking area of Switzerland.