RIP: Borders Bookstores
Jul. 19th, 2011 10:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thewayneHaving failed to find a suitable buyer, they have decided to shutdown and liquidate. That'll be 11,000 more people looking for jobs.
It's ironic, in a way, that they (and others, like B&N) are responsible for the death of many mom & pop bookstores, only for them to fall to Amazon. Apparently Borders even used Amazon for online order fulfillment, so double-irony.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/07/borders-liquidation/
It's ironic, in a way, that they (and others, like B&N) are responsible for the death of many mom & pop bookstores, only for them to fall to Amazon. Apparently Borders even used Amazon for online order fulfillment, so double-irony.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/07/borders-liquidation/
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Date: 2011-07-25 04:48 am (UTC)No, you're absolutely right. There's a lot to be said about expertise and informed recommendations.
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Date: 2011-07-25 05:41 am (UTC)