Niklas Darijtschuk

DirectGroup Bertelsmann GmbH publishes and markets books and magazines. It provides direct-to-customer book and music club services to customers. Its other operations include Der Club, Circulo de Lectores, and BMG Music Service (part of the US-based BMG Direct subsidiary). DirectGroup acquired Columbia House, the club-based direct marketer of music, videos. and DVDs. Its members can access its clubs products through catalogs, Internet or club shops worldwide. The company was founded on July 1, 2000 and is headquartered at Guetersloh, Germany.

B.A.G. Corp. engages in manufacture of super sack containers, bulk bags, flexible intermediate bulk container, and jumbo bags. Its services include engineering, logistics, support, and training. The company was founded by Robert R. Williamsonin 1969 and is headquartered in Richardson, TX.

buch.de internetstores AG provided online sale of books and media. Its products were books, eBooks, music, films, games and toys. It operated the web shops Buch.de, bol.de and alphamusic.de, as well as the websites Thalia.de in Germany and Thalia.at in Austria. The company was founded by Michael Urban and Ulrich Kuchenreuther on February 4, 1998 and was headquartered in Munster, Germany.

Part of Planeta Corporación SRL, Círculo de Lectores de España SA is a book distribution company based in Barcelona, Spain. The Spanish company distributes books. Círculo de Lectores de España SA was acquired by Planeta Corporación SRL on June 30, 2014.