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Borders Group - Wikipedia
Borders No.1, downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2005. The original Borders bookstore was located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, where it was founded in 1971 [11] by brothers Tom and Louis Borders during their undergraduate and graduate years at the University of Michigan.
Why Borders Failed While Barnes & Noble Survived : NPR
Jul 19, 2011 · With Barnes & Noble staking its future on digital technology, Raff says, it's likely the big bookstore will only live on in big cities. It appears to be all over for the Borders bookselling chain ...
A Decade After Borders Shut Down, Here’s What’s in Its Former ...
Oct 21, 2021 · Pedestrians walk past a shuttered Borders bookstore along the Michigan Avenue shopping district on February 16, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) It’s been almost exactly ten years since the last Borders bookstore closed, following the company’s February 2011 bankruptcy. Vacating roughly five hundred locations ...
What Happened To Borders Bookstores? - Grunge
Mar 4, 2022 · You might remember Borders bookstores. They were all over the country in the early 2000s, selling all kinds of books and even multimedia like CDs and movies. Their stores ranged from small outlets in shopping malls to huge buildings packed full of books. In 2003, according to NPR, there were more than 1,200 of the stores nationwide.
5 Reasons Borders Went Out of Business (and What Will Take ...
Jul 19, 2011 · (MORE: As Borders Closes Bookstores, Rival Barnes & Noble Survives) 2. It was too late to e-books. In a similar vein, Borders didn’t foresee the rise of e-books like Amazon and later Barnes & Noble did. It didn’t develop its own e-reader to compete with the Kindle or the Nook, and Borders only opened an online e-book store a year ago.
Beyond Borders: How the Failed Bookstore Chain Hastened Its ...
Jul 19, 2011 · Yesterday, Borders (BGPIQ) finally gave up. After not finding a buyer, the financially-strapped bookstore chain decided to close.The fire sale could happen as soon as Friday. The economic climate ...
Bye Bye Borders: What The Chain's Closing Means For ... - NPR
Jul 19, 2011 · The bookstore chain Borders has announced that it will seek liquidation and close its remaining stores. The verdict has come in, and it is official: As of this week, the bookstore chain Borders is ...
Inside the final days of Borders’ bankruptcy - Retail Dive
Nov 1, 2016 · A sinking ship. Founded in 1971, Borders grew from its Midwestern roots into a popular national bookstore chain after being bought for $190 million in 1992 by Kmart. Several years later, Kmart ...
A World Without Borders: How One Beloved Bookstore Chain ...
Oct 19, 2015 · Originally bemoaned as a behemoth corporation responsible for the demise of the small, neighborhood bookstore, Borders became a prime example of what happens when companies do not innovate fast enough. In 2011, Borders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and began the liquidation process, ending the 40-year run of a beloved company.