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Bookmark or Share- Why Borders Failed While Barnes & Noble Survived : NPRWith so many people going online to buy books, Borders lost out. The last time it turned a profit was 2006. In February of this year, it filed for bankruptcy protection.
- Barnes & Noble Welcomes Borders® Bookstore CustomersBarnes & Noble welcomes Borders ®, Waldenbooks ®, Brentano’s ®, and all their customers to discover their next great read at Barnes & Noble, the nation’s largest retail bookseller.
- Borders Group - WikipediaIn March 2008, Borders Group announced the intention to sell the chain because of financial difficulties. Borders Books was rumored to have approached Barnes & Noble in hopes of a buyout.
- From Local, to Global, to Gone: On the Rise and Fall of Borders BooksAfter surviving three moves in two years, Borders Book Shop was in a good location with enough space to make a splash, and selling the kind of books people wanted. Their ambitions were rekindled. That year, Joe Gable, fresh from Madison, Wisconsin, swaggered into Borders Book Shop.
- What happened to Borders? - FourWeekMBABorders played a significant role in popularizing the book superstore concept, which offered a wide range of books, music, and later, DVDs and other multimedia products. It provided a welcoming environment for browsing and reading.
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