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2. Borders (retailer) - Wikipedia

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   In 1998, Borders (UK) Ltd. was established as a Borders Group subsidiary and with its Borders and Books etc. After quickly becoming one of the country's leading booksellers, due to the fierce competition in the UK marketplace, a number of the Books etc. stores closed, and Borders (UK) Ltd. was sold in 2007 to a private-equity investor.

3. Waldenbooks - Wikipedia

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   Kmart expanded its bookstore holdings by acquiring Borders in 1992. [26] At that time, Kmart kept Borders and Waldenbooks separate, but converted Waldenbooks' Bassett stores to the Borders brand. When Kmart decided to spin off its noncore subsidiaries in 1994, Kmart merged Waldenbooks, Brentano's, and Borders to form the Borders-Walden Group. [27]

4. Louis Borders - Wikipedia

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   Louis Borders is the founder of both Borders (in 1971) and Webvan (in 1996). [1] [2] The original Borders bookstore was located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where it was founded in 1971 [3] by brothers Tom and Louis Borders during their undergraduate and graduate years at the University of Michigan. The Borders brothers' inventory system tailored ...

5. Big-Name Stores That Have Closed in the Last 30 Years - AOL

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   Borders Books. Thanks to slowing sales and mounting debts, Borders Books closed all of its U.S. stores by 2011. Its online store, also on its last legs, allowed customers to browse books, but then ...

6. Borders: Getting Closer to the Bookseller's Final Chapter - AOL

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   Borders (BGP), the country's second-largest book retailer, had been counting on a Christmas miracle to rescue it from deep financial doldrums. But the holiday season played Scrooge instead. Now ...

7. A Bankrupt Borders Makes Everyone Poorer, Especially Authors

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   It's official: Borders, the nation's second-largest bookstore chain, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The announcement that came this week has been expected since the end of last year, when ...

8. List of defunct retailers of the United States - Wikipedia

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   All Wound Up – acquired by Borders in 1999 [171] [172] and closed in 2001 [173] Child World (also known as Children's Palace) – liquidated in 1992 [174] Circus World – acquired by Melville in 1990 and converted to KB Toys [175] [176] Disney Store – The Disney Store closed by the end of January 19, 2022 as the retail moves to Target ...

9. A World Without Borders: One Author's Fear - AOL

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   Since the rise of the big chains and online booksellers, independent bookstores have been under considerable financial pressure. Almost daily, Shelf Awareness, an industry A World Without Borders ...