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• 5 Things Borders Is Finally Learning

  BNET - 2008-03-31

  Borders had a tough fourth quarter, announcing a 14.2 percent decline in music sales, flat book sales and the chain's towering $554 million debt looming over all. And now they're "exploring strategic alternatives," never a good sign. You might blame the standard "Americans don't read" whinge, but...

  Tags: Sales Force Management, Consumer Electronics, DVD, Productivity, Corporate Communications, Sales Strategy, ALA, Borders Books & Music, Bookstore, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Lisa Everitt, Sales

• Witching hour for Harry fans

  - 2003-06-21

  As with millions of other Harry Potter fans around the world, 12:01 a.m., Saturday, June 21, 2003, just couldn't get here quickly enough for Emmy Bajayo -- or Rubeus Hagrid as she was going by on this special night. "I've been preparing for this day," said the 10-year-old...

  Tags: Associated Press, bookstore, Borders Books & Music, E-mail, FINANCE, Government, Phoenix Technologies, Quality, Retail, SALES, SOFTWARE

• Book discounter dons new cover; Glenview to test traditional format.(News)(National Book Warehouse Inc.)

  - 2003-05-19

  Byline: JOHN T. SLANIA National Book Warehouse Inc. is known mostly as a discount seller of leftover inventory from publishers and retailers. Its no-frills stores peddle titles for up to 80% off list price. Publishers and mainstream booksellers re Byline: JOHN T. SLANIA...

  Tags: Barnes & Noble Inc., bookstore, Borders Books & Music

• Best-selling Author R.A. Salvatore Releases First of New Epic Trilogy and Announces Author Tour

  - 2002-09-23

  Business Editors and Entertainment Writers RENTON, Wash.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 23, 2002 ``The Thousand Orcs'' Will Be First In Series Devoted Entirely To Signature Character Drizzt Do'Urden This October, New York Times best-selling author R.A. Salvatore brings one of the greatest heroes in the fantasy fiction genre to...

  Tags: Barnes & Noble Inc., bookstore, Borders Books & Music, EPIC, Games, New York Times Co.

• Santa Cruz, Calif.-Based Litigant for Independent Bookstores Drops Case.

  - 2001-04-21

  By David L. Beck, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 21--"It's hard," said Neal Coonerty, the day after his American Booksellers Association gave up its court battle on behalf of independent bookstores against big chains. "I was the person...

  Tags: American Booksellers Association, bookstore, Borders Books & Music, Litigation, San Jose Mercury News, settlement

• San Francisco Trial Pits Bookstore Chains against Independent Stores.

  - 2001-04-09

  By Steve Wiegand, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 9--Sometime today, a trial is scheduled to begin in San Francisco. Depending on one's perspective, it's a trial about sound business practice or the homogenization of America's literary tastes. ...

  Tags: American Booksellers Association, bookstore, Borders Books & Music, SALES

• Independent Booksellers File Antitrust Suit against Barnes & Noble, Borders.

  - 1998-03-19

  By Fred Faust, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 19--Independent bookstores alleged Wednesday in a lawsuit that the two largest chains of booksellers -- Barnes & Noble Inc. and Borders Group Inc. -- have struck illegal deals with...

  Tags: American Booksellers Association, antitrust, bank, Barnes & Noble Inc., bookstore, Borders Books & Music

• Borders to Aggravate New York Bookstore War with Second Manhattan Store.(Originated from Daily News, New York)

  - 1997-03-07

  Mar. 7--Borders has fired another round in New York's escalating bookstore war. Mar. 7--Borders has fired another round in New York's escalating bookstore war.

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• Oklahoma's Tulsa Greenhouse to Share Site with Borders Bookstore.(Originated from Tulsa World, Okla.)

  - 1996-05-23

  May 23--Tulsa Greenhouse Inc. has entered into a long-term lease agreement with Borders, a national bookstore chain, and the two will share a 2.4-acre site at 2740 E. 21st St. after the property is redeveloped. May 23--Tulsa Greenhouse Inc. has entered into a long-term lease ...

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