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Briefly Noted | Borders Succumbs to Digital Era in Books – WSJ.com

21 July, 2011 · by Editor · in Briefly Noted

Borders Group Inc.s imminent demise marks the first major casualty of the digital era in buying and reading books. But the store closings also will mean fewer opportunities for shoppers to wander the book aisles, a loss that will affect…

Briefly Noted | Could Pop-Up Bookstores Fill Old Borders Stores? « PWxyz

15 July, 2011 · by Editor · in Briefly Noted

First things first: pop-up bookstores, retail venues that open for a limited time, are a new idea, and they’re certainly not going to be the idea that saves brick-and-mortar. But the most recent pop-up, Word Up in Washington Heights, just…

Briefly Noted | Borders bookseller faces bankruptcy – CSMonitor.com

14 February, 2011 · by Editor · in Briefly Noted

Scheduled to take place either Monday or Tuesday, the bankruptcy will result in nearly 20,000 job losses and the closure of about one third of its 674 Borders and Waldenbooks stores. The last few years have resulted in declining revenues…

Briefly Noted | Borders Said to Be Close to Securing Refinancing – NYTimes.com

14 January, 2011 · by Editor · in Briefly Noted

Borders executives told publishers that they were close to securing refinancing from GE Capital and other lenders, these people said, speaking only on condition of anonymity, and that the company intended to reduce costs, improve liquidity and expand marketing efforts,…

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