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Borders Group, Inc. was an American multinational book and music retailer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. In its final year, the company employed about 19,500 people throughout the U.S., primarily in its Borders and Waldenbooks stores.
18 lip 2011 · This timeline provides a historical perspective of the rise and fall of Ann Arbor-based Borders Group Inc. from its inception in 1971 to its liquidation announcement this afternoon. It is based on AnnArbor.com research, interviews, Securities and Exchange Commission documents, archived news reports and information from Borders.
28 lis 2023 · Though a well-run, small, quaint bookstore could still find a place, the high-traffic, high-volume Borders Book Shop in Ann Arbor with its vast selection helped redefine what a bookstore could be in the United States.
According to the Macomb County Legal News, “The 40-year-old Ann Arbor-based bookseller hasn’t turned a profit since 2006, having lost $605 million in the last four fiscal years.” Borders was founded in 1971 by brothers Tom and Louis Borders, who were University of Michigan students.
Borders. Borders Books was a bookstore in Ann Arbor, MI. In the early days, Borders could have rightly been described as a "pillar of the community" but it caught the growth bug and from then it was never the same.
19 lip 2011 · By AnnArbor.com Staff. For years, Borders was a uniquely Ann Arbor company. Brothers Tom and Louis Borders founded the company in 1971 as an 800-square-foot book shop on South State Street in the shadow of the University of Michigan. ( Here's an extensive timeline detailing Borders' rise and fall .)
16 lip 2024 · The History of Borders. Brothers Tom and Louis Borders opened the first Borders store, a used bookstore called Borders Book Shop, on South State Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1971.
