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12 sie 2020 · The former chain's flagship Scottish store, Borders was the country's biggest and best bookshop between 1998 and 2009 and one that really did play a central part in the life of the Glasgow public.
29 cze 2019 · The former chain's flagship Scottish store, Borders was the country's biggest and best bookshop between 1998 and 2009 and one that really did play a central part in the life of the Glasgow public.
Borders (UK) Ltd., also known as Borders & Books etc., was established as a Borders Group subsidiary in 1998, and in 2007 became independent of the US parent company. At its peak after separation from the US parent, it traded from its 41 Borders and 28 BOOKS etc. shops with over one million square feet of retail space, taking around 8% of the ...
Borders (UK) Limited went out of business. "The might of the Michigan-based megastore may make a lot of independent booksellers fearful, but few book lovers can fail to be beguiled by the neo-classical architecture of its behemoth Glasgow branch.
Bookshops have begun to decline over the years, with 73 closures in 2012, the UK lost 7% of its remaining independent book stores. [4] The number of independent book shops has now fallen below 1,000 (2014) whilst even bigger booksellers such as Borders went into liquidation. [5]
The Glasgow store turned a profit, quite a big one too. I think I'm right in saying it was the only profitable store in the whole UK chain.
26 cze 2021 · 1 Borders on Buchanan Street was a treat of a place, packed to the gunnels with books, CDs, DVDs, games and more. It was a very sad day for Glaswegians when it closed its doors in 2009, after two decades of being the country’s biggest bookshop.
