from studio and media production and 5.7% from publishing. Business units the main business units of ABC Commercial are: Content Sales, Content Acquisitions, ABC Music, Events, ABC Studios and Media Production, ABC Books and Magazines, and ABC Library Sales. These units are grouped by activities as: ABC Content Sales and Distribution; ABC Music and Events; ABC Publishing and Licensing; ABC Studios and Media Production; and ABC Retail. ABC Retail ABC Shops were managed under the ABC Retail department. ABC Shops operated over 40 retail shops and 80 centres, an international delivery service on the internet as well as developing and licensing ABC brands and programs, and providing production resource hire to the general public and industry alike. The national network of ABC Shops closed late 2015 and moved to an online only model, with the ABC Centre franchise network still operational within other retailers. The continued decline of physical product sales as customers moved to digital consumption of content together with global competition in the retail sector led to the closure of the ABC Shop Online. In August 2018, Andrew Lambert, general manager of ABC Commercial, announced that ABC Shop Online would be wound up by the end of the year, and the in-store ABC Centres would also be closed, marking the end of ABC Retail. The last ABC Centre franchises closed at the end of February 2019; licensed ABC products are still available from approved ABC retailers. ABC Studios and Media Production ABC Studios and Media Production existed as a separate business entity between 2015 and 2018. the ABC Studios and Media Production website advertises "studios and sound stages available for hire across the country", operating as part of ABC Commercial. The studios for hire are in Sydney (Studios 21, 22, 16), Melbourne (31), Adelaide (51B) and Perth (61). In Melbourne, the old Studio 31, known as the Ripponlea studio (although situated in Gordon Street in the adjoining suburb of Elsternwick in Melbourne) and nicknamed "The Dream Factory", closed in November 2017, after the new Studio 31 was relocated to the new refurbished ABC studios which had opened in August of that year in the Melbourne Arts Precinct in Southbank. References External links Australian Broadcasting Corporation divisions Australian companies established in 2007