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For the unrelated literary festival held in Scotland, see <a href="/wiki/Borders_Book_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Borders Book Festival">Borders Book Festival</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Bookseller and retailer</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1242257876">.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-label{padding-right:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-below{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-locality,.mw-parser-output .ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Borders Group</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Borders_group.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Borders_group.png/220px-Borders_group.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Borders_group.png 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="101" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Final Logo, used from 2005 until the company's liquidation in 2011</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Borders_headquarters_building_ann_arbor_michigan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Borders_headquarters_building_ann_arbor_michigan.JPG/220px-Borders_headquarters_building_ann_arbor_michigan.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Borders_headquarters_building_ann_arbor_michigan.JPG/330px-Borders_headquarters_building_ann_arbor_michigan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Borders_headquarters_building_ann_arbor_michigan.JPG/440px-Borders_headquarters_building_ann_arbor_michigan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Former Headquarters In Ann Arbor, Michigan.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Bookselling" title="Bookselling">Bookselling</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1971<span class="noprint">; 54 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1971</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">September 29, 2011<span class="noprint">; 13 years ago</span><span style="display: none;"> (<span class="dtend">2011-9-29</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chapter_7_Bankruptcy" class="mw-redirect" title="Chapter 7 Bankruptcy">Chapter 7 Bankruptcy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Liquidation" title="Liquidation">Liquidation</a> Sale</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barnes_%26_Noble" title="Barnes & Noble">Barnes & Noble</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor" class="mw-redirect" title="Ann Arbor">Ann Arbor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of locations</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/20px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/40px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> +1,300 (2003)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Books">Books</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Stationery" title="Stationery">Stationery</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Toys" class="mw-redirect" title="Toys">Toys</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/CD" class="mw-redirect" title="CD">CDs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVDs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Magazine" title="Magazine">Magazines</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Waldenbooks" title="Waldenbooks">Waldenbooks</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Borders</b> was an American <a href="/wiki/Bookselling" title="Bookselling">book</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stationery" title="Stationery">stationery</a> retailer founded in 1971 in <a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan" title="Ann Arbor, Michigan">Ann Arbor, Michigan</a>, by brothers Tom and <a href="/wiki/Louis_Borders" title="Louis Borders">Louis Borders</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 1992, it was purchased by <a href="/wiki/Kmart" title="Kmart">Kmart</a>, but then spun-off in 1995 as <b>Borders Group, Inc.</b> remaining headquartered in Ann Arbor, with <a href="/wiki/Waldenbooks" title="Waldenbooks">Waldenbooks</a> as its subsidiary.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1997, Borders expanded into Singapore, and later Australia and New Zealand. In 1998, Borders expanded into the United Kingdom, and then later Ireland. In 2005, it opened in Malaysia, and in 2006, with <a href="/wiki/Al_Maya_Group" title="Al Maya Group">Al Maya Group</a>, it opened a location in the United Arab Emirates, and then further expanded across the Middle East.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2007, <a href="/wiki/Risk_Capital_Partners" title="Risk Capital Partners">Risk Capital Partners</a> purchased the Borders stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland, alongside a license to use the Borders name.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2008, <a href="/wiki/REDgroup_Retail" title="REDgroup Retail">REDgroup Retail</a> purchased the Borders stores in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand with a license to the Borders name.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2009, Borders in the United Kingdom and Ireland collapsed into administration, with all stores closed by year end, resulting in around 1,150 job losses.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2011, Borders closed in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand after its franchisor went into administration.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2011, Borders in the United States was liquidated after failing to find a buyer. It employed about 19,500 people throughout America, including <a href="/wiki/Waldenbooks" title="Waldenbooks">Waldenbooks</a> stores.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its final U.S. stores closed in September 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2011, its rival <a href="/wiki/Barnes_%26_Noble" title="Barnes & Noble">Barnes & Noble</a> acquired the Borders trademark and other intellectual property.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Malaysian and Middle East Borders operations continued to trade under renewed franchise deals with Barnes & Noble. A 2013 attempt to re-establish the brand in Singapore failed.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, Al Maya Group purchased the regional Borders trademark rights outright from Barnes & Noble, and diversified it into a merchandise mix of books, toys and stationery.<sup id="cite_ref-dubai_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dubai-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Malaysian Borders franchises closed in July 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borders_(retailer)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Borders_flagship_store.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Borders_flagship_store.jpg/220px-Borders_flagship_store.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Borders_flagship_store.jpg/330px-Borders_flagship_store.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Borders_flagship_store.jpg/440px-Borders_flagship_store.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Borders No.1, downtown <a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan" title="Ann Arbor, Michigan">Ann Arbor, Michigan</a>, 2005</figcaption></figure> <p>The original Borders bookstore was established in 1971 at 209 South State Street, <a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan" title="Ann Arbor, Michigan">Ann Arbor, Michigan</a>, United States;<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> founded by brothers Tom and <a href="/wiki/Louis_Borders" title="Louis Borders">Louis Borders</a> during their study at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>. </p><p>In 1975, they bought out the stock of Wahr's, an 80-year-old bookstore that was ending business at 316 South State Street, hiring Michael Hildebrand and Harvey James Robin to manage and stock it with rare books. Hildebrand had managed Gibson's used and rare book department in East Lansing and Harvey Robin had restored rare books and moved his bindery upstairs. Wahr's was previously a textbook and school supplies vendor, but the brothers did not deal in textbooks. They moved the retail bookshop to larger quarters down the street at 303 South State, in the former Wagner and Son men's clothing store. The old shop was renamed Charing Cross Bookshop and Tom Frick was sent from the new bookshop to help.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1985, the company opened its second location, in <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_Michigan" title="Beverly Hills, Michigan">Beverly Hills, Michigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The downtown Ann Arbor store moved across the street again in 1994 to 612 East Liberty Street, at the southwest corner of Liberty and State Streets, in the building once occupied by the defunct <a href="/wiki/Jacobson%27s" title="Jacobson's">Jacobson's</a> Department Store. Although not the original location, it was identified as "Borders #1" as the flagship store.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Former <a href="/wiki/Hickory_Farms" title="Hickory Farms">Hickory Farms</a> president Robert F. DiRomualdo was hired in 1989 to expand the company.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kmart_and_Waldenbooks">Kmart and Waldenbooks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borders_(retailer)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Kmart and Waldenbooks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Borders was acquired in 1992 by <a href="/wiki/Kmart_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kmart (United States)">Kmart</a>, which had also acquired mall-based book chain Waldenbooks eight years earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kmart had struggled with the book division, having tinkered with assortment and later discounting. In the Borders acquisition, Kmart merged the two companies in hopes that the experienced Borders senior management could bail out floundering Waldenbooks.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Instead, many of the Borders senior management team left the company, leaving behind an even larger and more unwieldy division for Kmart executives to handle on the heels of aggressive expansions by rivals <a href="/wiki/Barnes_%26_Noble" title="Barnes & Noble">Barnes & Noble</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crown_Books" title="Crown Books">Crown Books</a>. Facing fiscal problems and pressure from stockholders, Kmart spun off Borders in 1995, in a structured stock-purchase plan. The new company was initially called Borders-Walden Group but renamed Borders Group by year end.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1994, Borders briefly operated All Wound Up, a mall-based toy and novelty store. Most All Wound Up stores were seasonal kiosks in shopping malls.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Borders was rumoured to open stores in Canada, starting with a 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m<sup>2</sup>) retail store in Toronto. However, this was rejected for failing to meet Canadian ownership regulations for book retailers.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> At one point, the highest-grossing location in the U.S. was a remodelled and expanded store in Puerto Rico, generating $17 million in sales annually.<sup id="cite_ref-plaza_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plaza-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another notably large and successful location in the U.S. was located at <a href="/wiki/5_World_Trade_Center" title="5 World Trade Center">5 World Trade Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, but the store sustained damage and was closed following the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>.</p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2008-11-10_Borders_in_Chapel_Hill.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/2008-11-10_Borders_in_Chapel_Hill.jpg/250px-2008-11-10_Borders_in_Chapel_Hill.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/2008-11-10_Borders_in_Chapel_Hill.jpg/330px-2008-11-10_Borders_in_Chapel_Hill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/2008-11-10_Borders_in_Chapel_Hill.jpg/500px-2008-11-10_Borders_in_Chapel_Hill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>A Borders store in <a href="/wiki/Chapel_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="Chapel Hill, North Carolina">Chapel Hill, North Carolina</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Changes_in_business_plan">Changes in business plan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borders_(retailer)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Changes in business plan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1998, Philip Pfeffer succeeded Robert DiRomualdo as chief executive.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, Borders had 1,249 stores using the Borders and Waldenbooks names.<sup id="cite_ref-Winston_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winston-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004, Borders arranged for <a href="/wiki/Starbucks" title="Starbucks">Starbucks</a> subsidiary <a href="/wiki/Seattle%27s_Best_Coffee" title="Seattle's Best Coffee">Seattle's Best Coffee</a> to operate cafes in its domestic superstores under the Seattle's Best brand name.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2007, Borders Group announced it would halve the Waldenbooks outlets to about 300 over the next year.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Borders_headquarters_building_ann_arbor_michigan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Borders_headquarters_building_ann_arbor_michigan.JPG/220px-Borders_headquarters_building_ann_arbor_michigan.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Borders_headquarters_building_ann_arbor_michigan.JPG/330px-Borders_headquarters_building_ann_arbor_michigan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Borders_headquarters_building_ann_arbor_michigan.JPG/440px-Borders_headquarters_building_ann_arbor_michigan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a><figcaption>Borders headquarters building, Ann Arbor, Michigan</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2008, Borders opened 14 concept stores nationwide, including a Digital Center, offering electronic devices such as MP3 players, digital photo frames, and the <a href="/wiki/Sony_Reader" title="Sony Reader">Sony Reader</a>. The concept stores were located in Ann Arbor, Michigan; <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>, Colorado; <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="Las Vegas, Nevada">Las Vegas, Nevada</a>; <a href="/wiki/Panama_City_Beach,_Florida" title="Panama City Beach, Florida">Panama City Beach, Florida</a>; <a href="/wiki/Noblesville,_Indiana" title="Noblesville, Indiana">Noblesville, Indiana</a>; <a href="/wiki/Monroeville,_Pennsylvania" title="Monroeville, Pennsylvania">Monroeville, Pennsylvania</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Alameda,_California" title="Alameda, California">Alameda, California</a>. The latest Borders Digital Center opened in Alameda in January 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late 2007, Borders installed digital video monitors in some stores. The monitors displayed special programs, news, sports, and financial information through Ripple Networks, Inc., a California-based marketing service.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Borders Group also launched Borders Rewards, a free program including coupons and opportunities to earn store credit, unlike the Barnes & Noble paid membership discounts program.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the lead of Barnes & Noble, the chain discontinued Wi-Fi fees in September 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Declining_profits">Declining profits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borders_(retailer)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Declining profits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Borders last annual <a href="/wiki/Profit_(accounting)" title="Profit (accounting)">profit</a> was in 2006, with yearly income dropping by $1 billion over the next four years.<sup id="cite_ref-Winston_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winston-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2007, the company ended its marketing alliance with Amazon begun six years earlier, and began plans to launch an online business in early 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 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. The chain was in debt, having increased its financial instability by borrowing US$42.5 million in March from <a href="/wiki/William_Ackman" class="mw-redirect" title="William Ackman">Pershing Square Capital Management</a>, the company's major stockholder, to keep the company running through the remainder of the <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_year" title="Fiscal year">fiscal year</a>. The loan had a very high interest rate of 12.5%, which meant that the chain needed to post a significant profit to stay solvent. Following the announcement of the loan, Borders's shares dropped 28.6% to $5.07/share. The shares continued to drop over the year, on December 11, 2009, Borders stocks traded at $1.30 on the NYSE, which was up almost a point from a low of $0.530 on January 28, 2009.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Borders,_Westfield_SF_Centre_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Borders%2C_Westfield_SF_Centre_2.JPG/250px-Borders%2C_Westfield_SF_Centre_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Borders%2C_Westfield_SF_Centre_2.JPG/330px-Borders%2C_Westfield_SF_Centre_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Borders%2C_Westfield_SF_Centre_2.JPG/500px-Borders%2C_Westfield_SF_Centre_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Borders store interior, San Francisco, California</figcaption></figure> <p>On January 5, 2009, Ron Marshall took over as chief executive.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former CEO George L. Jones received a <a href="/wiki/Severance_package" title="Severance package">severance package</a> of $2.09 million.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mark Bierley was promoted to chief financial officer, replacing Ed Wilhelm.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The changes in management were due to Borders's holiday sales having fallen by 11.7% to $868.8 million.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 13, Mick McGuire, a former partner at Pershing Square, became chairman of the board of directors.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 30, 2009, Marshall announced that the loan from Pershing Square would be extended for another year (coming due on April 1, 2010), at an interest rate of 9.8%. This, combined with layoffs and new promotional deals with major publishers, caused Borders stock to rise, topping the $1.00 mark within a week. By mid-April, it had approached $2.00. As a result, the company cancelled plans to ask shareholder permission for a <a href="/wiki/Reverse_stock_split" title="Reverse stock split">reverse stock split</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On August 11, 2009, Borders revealed the replacements for five of the eight-member board of directors, who had previously announced their intentions to quit. The new members included Paul J. Brown of <a href="/wiki/Hilton_Hotels" class="mw-redirect" title="Hilton Hotels">Hilton Hotels</a>, Timothy V. Wolf of <a href="/wiki/MillerCoors" title="MillerCoors">MillerCoors</a>, and Dan Rose of Facebook.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 5, 2009, Borders announced that it would close some Waldenbooks stores to improve the profitability of its Specialty Retail operations. By January 2010, 182 stores had closed. </p><p>Holiday sales figures for 2009 were "disappointing", with total sales of $846.8 million, (~$1.17 billion in 2023) down 14.7% from the previous year.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Employees reported major cuts were made in payroll hours.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>At the beginning of 2010, the company operated 511 Borders superstores in the United States. The company also operated 175 stores in the Waldenbooks Specialty Retail segment, including <a href="/wiki/Waldenbooks" title="Waldenbooks">Waldenbooks</a>, Borders Express, Borders airport stores, and Borders Outlet stores. </p><p>On January 26, 2010, CEO Ron Marshall resigned to become president and CEO of <a href="/wiki/The_Great_Atlantic_%26_Pacific_Tea_Co." class="mw-redirect" title="The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.">The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.</a> Following his announcement, Borders stock fell below one dollar per share. During his tenure at Borders, all top executive officers resigned (or were encouraged to leave), including some who had been with the company for over 20 years.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mike Edwards (vice president and chief merchandising officer) was appointed interim CEO.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 31, 2010, Borders announced that the Pershing Square loan had been paid in full. In early April, the company's stock rebounded to $2.78 per share.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On May 21, 2010, it was revealed that <a href="/wiki/Bennett_S._LeBow" title="Bennett S. LeBow">Bennett S. LeBow</a>, chairman of <a href="/wiki/Vector_Group" title="Vector Group">Vector Group</a>, was making a large private investment in Borders stock. As a result, both LeBow and <a href="/wiki/Howard_Lorber" title="Howard Lorber">Howard Lorber</a>, president and CEO of Vector Group, joined the board of directors. Following chairman Mick McGuire's resignation, LeBow was elected chairman of the board.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 3, LeBow became CEO of Borders Group. Mike Edwards became president of Borders Group and CEO of Borders, Inc., the company's principal subsidiary.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company reported significant losses for the third quarter, compared to 2009. At the end of 2010, <i><a href="/wiki/Business_Week" class="mw-redirect" title="Business Week">Business Week</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a> reported that Borders would be delaying its payments to publishers for inventory already received, to preserve liquidity.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was prompted by problems in refinancing its credit facilities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bankruptcy_and_liquidation">Bankruptcy and liquidation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borders_(retailer)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bankruptcy and liquidation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Borders_store_closing_Pittsfield_Township_Michigan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Borders_store_closing_Pittsfield_Township_Michigan.JPG/220px-Borders_store_closing_Pittsfield_Township_Michigan.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Borders_store_closing_Pittsfield_Township_Michigan.JPG/330px-Borders_store_closing_Pittsfield_Township_Michigan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Borders_store_closing_Pittsfield_Township_Michigan.JPG/440px-Borders_store_closing_Pittsfield_Township_Michigan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4064" data-file-height="2044" /></a><figcaption>Borders store closing, <a href="/wiki/Pittsfield_Township,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsfield Township, Michigan">Pittsfield Township, Michigan</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On February 16, 2011, the company announced that it had filed for <a href="/wiki/Chapter_11,_Title_11,_United_States_Code" title="Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code">Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection</a>, listing $1.275 billion in assets and $1.293 billion in debts in its filing.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company also announced the <a href="/wiki/Liquidation" title="Liquidation">liquidation</a> and closing of 226 stores.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two private-equity firms, <a href="/wiki/The_Gores_Group" title="The Gores Group">The Gores Group</a> and Najafi Companies, expressed interest in purchasing half of the remaining Borders Group stores.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite a purchase offer from the <a href="/wiki/Private_equity" title="Private equity">private equity</a> firm Najafi Companies, Borders could not find a buyer acceptable to its creditors before its July bidding deadline, so it began liquidating its remaining 399 retail outlets, with the last remaining stores closing in September.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable secondary sources. (April 2020)">non-primary source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Rival bookseller <a href="/wiki/Barnes_%26_Noble" title="Barnes & Noble">Barnes & Noble</a> acquired Borders's trademarks and customer list. </p><p>Borders Group announced on July 1, 2011, that Direct Brands would acquire the assets for $215 million and assume of $220 million in debt.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Empty_shelves_inside_Borders.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="In the background are a number of empty shelves that are roped off. Signs hanging from the ceiling read "Entire store 80-90% off! STORE CLOSING". In the foreground, a person carrying a handbag is browsing the last few remaining books." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Empty_shelves_inside_Borders.jpg/250px-Empty_shelves_inside_Borders.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Empty_shelves_inside_Borders.jpg/330px-Empty_shelves_inside_Borders.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Empty_shelves_inside_Borders.jpg/500px-Empty_shelves_inside_Borders.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="2160" /></a><figcaption>Empty shelves inside the <a href="/wiki/Second_Avenue_(Manhattan)" title="Second Avenue (Manhattan)">Second Avenue (Manhattan)</a> Borders store in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a></figcaption></figure> <p>A group of Borders creditors rejected the Direct Brands takeover bid in July 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Borders filed for an auction and the motion was approved;<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, the bid deadline expired on July 17 without a bidder.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A United States bankruptcy judge approved a petition to liquidate;<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> resulting in the company converting their Chapter 11 case to <a href="/wiki/Chapter_7,_Title_11,_United_States_Code" title="Chapter 7, Title 11, United States Code">Chapter 7</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 22, 2011, Borders started closing its remaining 399 stores with a phased roll-out.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Business operations ceased in September 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former rival and the current second-largest chain of bookstores in the United States, <a href="/wiki/Books-A-Million" title="Books-A-Million">Books-A-Million</a>, bid to acquire 30 to 35 stores and their assets on July 19, 2011, the day liquidation was approved by the courts. However, the two sides were unable to come to an agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Books-A-Million again offered to buy portions of Borders Group, purchasing the leases for 21 stores primarily in New England and Pennsylvania.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Borders USA closed its remaining stores on Sunday, September 18, 2011. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Borders_headquarters_office_equipment_sale_signs.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Borders_headquarters_office_equipment_sale_signs.JPG/220px-Borders_headquarters_office_equipment_sale_signs.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Borders_headquarters_office_equipment_sale_signs.JPG/330px-Borders_headquarters_office_equipment_sale_signs.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Borders_headquarters_office_equipment_sale_signs.JPG/440px-Borders_headquarters_office_equipment_sale_signs.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4472" data-file-height="2835" /></a><figcaption>Office equipment 'For Sale' sign at Borders corporate headquarters, 100 Phoenix Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan</figcaption></figure> <p>The Borders online store closed on September 27, 2011, at 10:30 pm Eastern.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A banner then appeared on their website allowing users to browse, but directed to Barnes & Noble to complete their purchases. All Borders customers had until October 29, 2011 to opt out of their personal contact and purchase information being transferred to Barnes & Noble.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 1, 2011, Borders cardholders were informed by email: "As part of Borders ceasing operations, we Barnes & Noble acquired some of its assets including Borders brand trademarks and their customer list." The federal bankruptcy court approved this sale on September 26, 2011.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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Bhd.</a> in Kuala Lumpur, located in <a href="/wiki/Berjaya_Times_Square" title="Berjaya Times Square">Berjaya Times Square</a>. The store was advertised as the world's biggest Borders at 60,000 square feet (5,600 m<sup>2</sup>); but this changed when one level of the store closed. Borders's second store in Malaysia was located in The Curve, <a href="/wiki/Mutiara_Damansara" title="Mutiara Damansara">Mutiara Damansara</a>, and the third opened in <a href="/wiki/Queensbay_Mall" title="Queensbay Mall">Queensbay Mall</a>, Penang on December 7, 2006 and closed on 26th December 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Middle_East_(present)"><span id="Middle_East_.28present.29"></span>Middle East (present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borders_(retailer)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Middle East (present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Borders opened a franchise store in the <a href="/wiki/Mall_of_the_Emirates" title="Mall of the Emirates">Mall of the Emirates</a> in Dubai, UAE in October 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite financial difficulties in the domestic market, Borders continued to expand its franchises, adding stores in Oman and <a href="/wiki/Sharjah_(emirate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharjah (emirate)">Sharjah</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>By the end of 2009, all of Borders's directly owned overseas locations were sold or closed, leaving only franchise stores in Dubai and Oman.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>International Borders stores still operate in Middle Eastern countries including <a href="/wiki/The_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="The United Arab Emirates">the United Arab Emirates</a>, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait. These stores are now under different ownership from the original Borders Group, and were unaffected by their store closures. In Dubai, <a href="/wiki/Al_Maya_Group" title="Al Maya Group">Al Maya Group</a> purchased lifetime rights to the Borders brand in the Middle East in 2015, and diversified to books, toys and stationery.<sup id="cite_ref-dubai_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dubai-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singapore,_Australia_and_New_Zealand_(defunct)"><span id="Singapore.2C_Australia_and_New_Zealand_.28defunct.29"></span>Singapore, Australia and New Zealand (defunct)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borders_(retailer)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Singapore, Australia and New Zealand (defunct)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Borders_Singapore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Borders_Singapore.jpg/250px-Borders_Singapore.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Borders_Singapore.jpg/330px-Borders_Singapore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Borders_Singapore.jpg/500px-Borders_Singapore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>The former flagship in <a href="/wiki/Wheelock_Place" title="Wheelock Place">Wheelock Place</a>, now closed</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1997, the company established its first international store in Singapore, occupying 32,000 square feet (3,000 m<sup>2</sup>) in <a href="/wiki/Wheelock_Place" title="Wheelock Place">Wheelock Place</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orchard_Road" title="Orchard Road">Orchard Road</a>. </p><p>In the third quarter of 2006, the Singapore store emerged as the best performing among the group's 559 outlets, with the highest revenue generated per square meter.<sup id="cite_ref-sgsales_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sgsales-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To pay off debt, Borders sold its Australian, New Zealand and Singaporean stores to <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Equity_Partners" title="Pacific Equity Partners">Pacific Equity Partners</a> (owner of competitor <a href="/wiki/Angus_%26_Robertson" title="Angus & Robertson">Angus & Robertson</a>) in 2008, forming <a href="/wiki/REDgroup_Retail" title="REDgroup Retail">REDgroup Retail</a> to pay off debt.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After this transaction, the Borders stores in the US, UK (which was sold to another company but entered administration in 2009), and Asia/Pacific region were owned by independent entities. </p><p>In late July 2012, Pearson Australia Group re-branded the Borders website as Bookworld. Chief Executive James Webber told The Australian "The Borders brand had lost its former sheen. We just believe the Borders brand has had its day. There are no stores left and globally it's been in demise so we believe there's an opportunity to revitalise (the franchise) and move it forward."<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All of its existing customer base was migrated over to the new Bookworld website. The Bookworld brand was itself also later rebranded as Angus & Robertson.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The stores continued to operate under the Borders brand as the unaffiliated "Borders Asia Pacific" until REDGroup was placed into <a href="/wiki/Administration_(law)#Australia" title="Administration (law)">voluntary administration</a> in February 2011, with <a href="/wiki/Ferrier_Hodgson" title="Ferrier Hodgson">Ferrier Hodgson</a> appointed as administrators.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The day after the announcement, customers of the surviving stores were informed that <a href="/wiki/Gift_voucher" class="mw-redirect" title="Gift voucher">gift vouchers</a> could only be redeemed if they also spent an equivalent amount in cash.<sup id="cite_ref-ZapponeSMH_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZapponeSMH-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After 3 April, unused vouchers became void.<sup id="cite_ref-ZapponeSMH_88-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZapponeSMH-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The five New Zealand stores were sold to the <a href="/wiki/James_Pascoe_Group" title="James Pascoe Group">James Pascoe Group</a> and the Australian stores gradually shut down, the last group closing in July 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-ZapponeStuffNZ_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZapponeStuffNZ-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ZapponeSMH_88-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZapponeSMH-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The handling of the administration prompted 25 franchised Angus & Robertson stores to sever ties with REDGroup, rebranding themselves as independents.<sup id="cite_ref-ZapponeStuffNZ_89-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZapponeStuffNZ-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of May, 70 of the 87 REDGroup-owned bookstores in New Zealand had been sold off: ten airport-based Whitcoulls stores to Australian-based LS Travel Retail Pacific, and another 57 Whitcoulls plus five Borders stores to the <a href="/wiki/James_Pascoe_Group" title="James Pascoe Group">James Pascoe Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ZapponeStuffNZ_89-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZapponeStuffNZ-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ZapponeSMH_88-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZapponeSMH-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_Borders_signage_Lygon_Court.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Old_Borders_signage_Lygon_Court.jpg/250px-Old_Borders_signage_Lygon_Court.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Old_Borders_signage_Lygon_Court.jpg/330px-Old_Borders_signage_Lygon_Court.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Old_Borders_signage_Lygon_Court.jpg/500px-Old_Borders_signage_Lygon_Court.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The remaining Borders signage at the back of Lygon Court, <a href="/wiki/Carlton,_Victoria" title="Carlton, Victoria">Carlton</a> in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>. This picture was taken during renovations in October 2012, preparing for iconic Carlton pasticceria, Brunetti Café, to relocate there. Borders Lygon Court operated from 2002 until 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The flagship Borders store at Wheelock Place in Singapore suddenly closed on 16 August 2011, and was forced to clear out by 23 August 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vouchers and gift cards from Borders Singapore bookstore were no longer accepted. After hearing that the Borders store at Wheelock Place was shutting down, some people tried to use their vouchers on the Saturday at its other outlet at Parkway Parade, but they were not allowed to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The books were cleared at a sale held at Singapore Expo Hall 4B, from 10am to 10pm, from 2 September 2011 to 6 September 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remaining store closed on 26 September 2011 at 9 p.m., ending 14 years of sales in Singapore, just before the lease was due to end in October, but not before discounts of 70% to clear all items which started three days before its closure. In the last hours of business in Singapore, shelves, signs, baskets and computers at the cashiers' counters were also available for sale.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Stores">Stores</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borders_(retailer)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Stores"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Borders_Buchhandlung_in_Sydney,_Bondi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Borders_Buchhandlung_in_Sydney%2C_Bondi.jpg/250px-Borders_Buchhandlung_in_Sydney%2C_Bondi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Borders_Buchhandlung_in_Sydney%2C_Bondi.jpg/330px-Borders_Buchhandlung_in_Sydney%2C_Bondi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Borders_Buchhandlung_in_Sydney%2C_Bondi.jpg/500px-Borders_Buchhandlung_in_Sydney%2C_Bondi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>Borders store in <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> suburb <a href="/wiki/Bondi_Junction" title="Bondi Junction">Bondi Junction</a> on Level 4 of <a href="/wiki/Westfield_Bondi_Junction" title="Westfield Bondi Junction">Westfield Bondi Junction</a>, now closed</figcaption></figure> <p>In total, Borders had 33 stores located across Australia,<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New Zealand and Singapore.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All were closed due to the demise of the parent company <a href="/wiki/REDgroup_Retail" title="REDgroup Retail">REDgroup Retail</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The last remaining Singaporean Borders store in Parkway Parade Shopping Center, closed its doors at 9 pm (Singapore time) after a final sale on Monday, September 26, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Borders brand in Singapore was purchased by <a href="/wiki/Popular_Holdings" title="Popular Holdings">Popular Holdings</a> in late 2012. In an attempt to revive the brand, a single Borders store opened in <a href="/wiki/Westgate,_Singapore" title="Westgate, Singapore">Westgate</a> for a trial period in 2013, but that store was shortly after converted to a regular Popular book store. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom_and_Ireland_(defunct)"><span id="United_Kingdom_and_Ireland_.28defunct.29"></span>United Kingdom and Ireland (defunct)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borders_(retailer)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: United Kingdom and Ireland (defunct)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the United Kingdom, Borders bought 35 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Books_etc.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Books etc. (page does not exist)">Books etc.</a> stores from Philip and Richard Joseph.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1998, Borders (UK) Ltd. was established as a Borders Group subsidiary and with its Borders and Books etc. After quickly becoming one of the country's leading booksellers, due to the fierce competition in the UK marketplace, a number of the Books etc. stores closed, and Borders (UK) Ltd. was sold in 2007 to a private-equity investor.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The chain won numerous awards including Bookselling Chain of the Year 2005 & 2006, Chain Bookselling Company of the Year 2006<sup id="cite_ref-BBIA_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBIA-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> & 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-BBIA_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBIA-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hachette Children's Retailer of the Year 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Magazine Destination Retailer of the Year 2007 and Usborne Children's Bookseller of the Year 2008<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2007, Borders Group announced the disposal of its Ireland and UK businesses, including its Books etc. business in the UK, with the aim of revitalizing the core US business; however, it was also announced that Borders Group would retain the <a href="/wiki/Paperchase_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paperchase (company)">Paperchase</a> stationery business. International expansion would continue via franchising.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A typical Borders shop in the UK contained both a <a href="/wiki/Paperchase_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paperchase (company)">Paperchase</a> stationery and <a href="/wiki/Starbucks" title="Starbucks">Starbucks</a> cafe<sup id="cite_ref-Aboutus_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aboutus-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Concession_(contract)" title="Concession (contract)">concession</a>. In addition, some branches also contained RED5 gadget and <a href="/wiki/Game_(retailer)" title="Game (retailer)">GAME</a> video game concessions. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Borders_Leeds_Crop_Etc.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Borders_Leeds_Crop_Etc.jpg/236px-Borders_Leeds_Crop_Etc.jpg" decoding="async" width="236" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Borders_Leeds_Crop_Etc.jpg/354px-Borders_Leeds_Crop_Etc.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Borders_Leeds_Crop_Etc.jpg/472px-Borders_Leeds_Crop_Etc.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1212" data-file-height="912" /></a><figcaption>Borders on <a href="/wiki/Briggate" title="Briggate">Briggate</a> in <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire" title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Borders_Bookshop_Southampton_Contrast_Adjusted.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Borders_Bookshop_Southampton_Contrast_Adjusted.jpg/236px-Borders_Bookshop_Southampton_Contrast_Adjusted.jpg" decoding="async" width="236" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Borders_Bookshop_Southampton_Contrast_Adjusted.jpg/354px-Borders_Bookshop_Southampton_Contrast_Adjusted.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Borders_Bookshop_Southampton_Contrast_Adjusted.jpg/472px-Borders_Bookshop_Southampton_Contrast_Adjusted.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Borders in <a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In September 2007, Borders (UK) Ltd. was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Luke_Johnson_(businessman)" title="Luke Johnson (businessman)">Luke Johnson</a>'s London-based private equity investor <a href="/wiki/Risk_Capital_Partners" title="Risk Capital Partners">Risk Capital Partners</a> in a £20 million deal. Bookshop Acquisitions Ltd. - a subsidiary of Risk Capital Partners - was established for the purchase, and the deal included rights to the Borders and Books etc. brand names.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the deal, Borders would receive an equity interest of about 17% in Bookshop Acquisitions.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, after changing hands in 2009, Borders in Ireland and the UK went into administration on November 26, 2009. </p><p>David Roche resigned as <a href="/wiki/CEO" class="mw-redirect" title="CEO">CEO</a> of Borders (UK) in January 2008, and was replaced by former <a href="/wiki/Managing_director" class="mw-redirect" title="Managing director">managing director</a>, Philip Downer. Upon appointment, Downer called for a category review of the entire company, though made clear there were no immediate plans to further restructure the business.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2008 that Borders (UK) announced plans to close its distribution centre (based in <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a>) on 29 August, in favour of having publishers and wholesalers deliver directly to shops. This was opposite to the decision of competitor <a href="/wiki/Waterstones" title="Waterstones">Waterstones</a>, which planned to test and open its own distribution centre, colloquially referred to as 'The Hub', from the end of May.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2008, Borders launched an <a href="/wiki/E-commerce" title="E-commerce">e-commerce</a> website. In a bid to try to take back a share of internet sales of books, the <a href="/wiki/Beta_testing" class="mw-redirect" title="Beta testing">beta testing</a> of its transactional website commenced, due for completion before the end of the month. </p><p>Borders sold eight London Books Etc. shops to Waterstones in August 2008, for an undisclosed sum.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Five Borders shops in <a href="/wiki/Oxford_Street" title="Oxford Street">Oxford Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llantrisant" title="Llantrisant">Llantrisant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blanchardstown" title="Blanchardstown">Blanchardstown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swindon" title="Swindon">Swindon</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Colney" title="London Colney">London Colney</a> were closed in July 2009, replaced by <a href="/wiki/New_Look_(store)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Look (store)">New Look</a>. After July 2009, Borders was owned by <a href="/wiki/Valco_Capital_Partners" class="mw-redirect" title="Valco Capital Partners">Valco Capital Partners</a>, part of <a href="/wiki/Hilco_Capital" title="Hilco Capital">Hilco</a>, which specialises in distressed retailers.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of September 2009, it was announced that most remaining Books Etc., and the two Borders Express shops, would be sold,<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and closing down sales began shortly after.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Administration">Administration</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borders_(retailer)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2009 the company began searching for a buyer following liquidity concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following day the Borders website stopped taking orders for books, while orders for CDs and DVDs through the Borders Entertainment website continued, as it was run by <a href="/wiki/The_Hut_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hut Group">The Hut Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 November 2009, <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a> announced that Borders (UK) entered administration, after difficulties raising enough cash to trade through the key Christmas period. This article was soon withdrawn, and replaced with a corrected item reporting the company was 'mulling' administration.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This news came after difficult weeks for the company, reported to be on credit stop with all the major publishers, and (following breakdown of negotiations with WHSmith) still searching for a buyer.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later that day, Borders (UK) Ltd officially went into administration. Initially the intention was to appoint <a href="/wiki/BDO_Global" title="BDO Global">BDO</a> as administrators, but a conflict of interest was discovered.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, MCR was appointed by Borders' owners—Valco Capital Partners, part of Hilco—as administrators. The BBC added that MCR 'hired specialist liquidators Hilco to advise'.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 'parallel strategy' was applied of seeking a buyer for the chain as a going interest, while running closing-down sales.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the evening of 27 November 2009, it was announced that a closing-down sale would commence in all stores the following day. During the sales, sale stock included Denby China, a separate concern bought out by Valco Capital Partners earlier in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The publisher <a href="/wiki/Hachette_Livre" title="Hachette Livre">Hachette</a> successfully took MCR to court for continuing to sell Hachette titles without first obtaining permission, obtaining a High Court judgement on 18 December 2009 that MCR was 'incorrect' to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>MCR, the administrator for the chain, stated the intention of seeking a buyer. MCR rejected a 'serious attempt' by Richard Joseph, co-founder of the Books Etc. chain, to buy a number of stores.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A spokesman for MCR confirmed that unsuccessful bids had been made which had failed to meet expectations. MCR announced that the 45 stores would cease trading and close their doors permanently on 22 December, claiming that it had not been possible to sell the chain as a going concern.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All staff members were made redundant on 24 December 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The BOOKS etc. name and its website and the Borders database were bought by Capital Books Ltd in January 2010. As of May 2022, Books Etc. still operates as an independent family-run online business.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The logo contained both the Books etc. logo and the Borders logo to reflect the fact that Borders (UK) operated two different brands. The company Borders (UK) Limited was dissolved in August 2011. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="eBook_store">eBook store</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borders_(retailer)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: eBook store"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 7, 2010, Borders opened an <a href="/wiki/EBook" class="mw-redirect" title="EBook">eBook</a> store to allow books to be directly downloaded to an e-reader device or a Borders eReader app for the <a href="/wiki/Desktop_computer" title="Desktop computer">desktop</a>, <a href="/wiki/IPhone" title="IPhone">iPhone</a>, <a href="/wiki/IPad" title="IPad">iPad</a>, <a href="/wiki/BlackBerry" title="BlackBerry">BlackBerry</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although branded as a Borders store, it was actually handled by Kobo, Inc. </p><p>On June 3, 2011, the Borders eReader apps were changed to <a href="/wiki/Kobo_eReader" title="Kobo eReader">Kobo eReader</a> apps and users could transfer their Borders eBooks to their Kobo library.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borders_(retailer)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Books_in_the_United_States" title="Books in the United States">Books in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retail_apocalypse" title="Retail apocalypse">Retail apocalypse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_retailers_affected_by_the_retail_apocalypse" title="List of retailers affected by the retail apocalypse">List of retailers affected by the retail apocalypse</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borders_(retailer)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">East</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Empik" title="Empik">Empik</a> (<a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">PL</a>-based)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackwell_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackwell UK">Blackwell</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eason_%26_Son" title="Eason & Son">Eason</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">EI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suomalainen_Kirjakauppa" title="Suomalainen Kirjakauppa">Suomalainen Kirjakauppa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">FI</a>)</li> <li><a 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style="width:1%">North America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barnes_%26_Noble" title="Barnes & Noble">Barnes & Noble</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">US</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Books-A-Million" title="Books-A-Million">Books-A-Million</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">US</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Half_Price_Books" title="Half Price Books">Half Price Books</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">US</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigo_Books_and_Music" title="Indigo Books and Music">Indigo Books and Music</a> (<a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">CA</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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Antonini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_A._Brennan" title="Edward A. Brennan">Edward A. Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Conaway" title="Charles Conaway">Charles Conaway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_B._Cunningham" title="Harry B. Cunningham">Harry B. Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_Hall" title="Floyd Hall">Floyd Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._Bruce_Johnson" title="W. Bruce Johnson">W. Bruce Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aylwin_Lewis" title="Aylwin Lewis">Aylwin Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_R._Telling" title="Edward R. Telling">Edward R. Telling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Wood" title="Robert E. Wood">Robert E. 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Higgins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orchard_Supply_Hardware" title="Orchard Supply Hardware">Orchard Supply Hardware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pace_Membership_Warehouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Pace Membership Warehouse">Pace Membership Warehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrifty_PayLess#History_of_PayLess" title="Thrifty PayLess">PayLess Drug Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parts_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Parts America">Parts America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prodigy_(online_service)" title="Prodigy (online service)">Prodigy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sears_Canada" title="Sears Canada">Sears Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sears_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Sears Centre">Sears Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sears_Hometown_and_Outlet_Stores" title="Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores">Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sears_Tower" class="mw-redirect" title="Sears Tower">Sears Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silvertone_(brand)" title="Silvertone (brand)">Silvertone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_Authority" title="Sports Authority">Sports Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atari_2600#Sears_Video_Arcade" title="Atari 2600">Tele-Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venture_Stores" title="Venture Stores">Venture Stores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waldenbooks" title="Waldenbooks">Waldenbooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Auto" title="Western Auto">Western Auto</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Retailers_in_New_Zealand486" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Retailers_in_New_Zealand" title="Template:Retailers in New Zealand"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Retailers_in_New_Zealand" title="Template talk:Retailers in New Zealand"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Retailers_in_New_Zealand" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Retailers in New Zealand"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Retailers_in_New_Zealand486" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Retailing_in_New_Zealand" title="Retailing in New Zealand">Retailers in New Zealand</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_retailers_in_New_Zealand" title="List of retailers in New Zealand">List of retailers</a> - <a href="/wiki/List_of_shopping_centres_in_New_Zealand" title="List of shopping centres in New Zealand">List of shopping centres</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Supermarkets and grocery</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/3_Guys" title="3 Guys">3 Guys / Gubays</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Fresh" title="Big Fresh">Big Fresh</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Countdown_(supermarket)" title="Countdown (supermarket)">Countdown</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Foodtown" title="Foodtown">Foodtown</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Square_(supermarket)" title="Four Square (supermarket)">Four Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FreshChoice" title="FreshChoice">FreshChoice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_World_(supermarket)" title="New World (supermarket)">New World</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_World_Fresh_Collective" class="mw-redirect" title="New World Fresh Collective">New World Fresh Collective</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_%27n_Day" title="Night 'n Day">Night 'n Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pak%27nSave" title="Pak'nSave">Pak'nSave</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Price_Chopper_(New_Zealand)" title="Price Chopper (New Zealand)">Price Chopper</a></i></li> <li><i>Self Help</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SuperValue" title="SuperValue">SuperValue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Warehouse_Group" title="The Warehouse Group">The Warehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolworths_(New_Zealand_supermarket_chain)" title="Woolworths (New Zealand supermarket chain)">Woolworths</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hardware, building and garden</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bunnings" title="Bunnings">Bunnings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carters_Building_Supplies" title="Carters Building Supplies">Carters</a></li> <li>ColourPlus</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godfreys" title="Godfreys">Godfreys</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guthrie_Bowron" title="Guthrie Bowron">Guthrie Bowron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Timber_Merchants" title="Independent Timber Merchants">ITM</a></li> <li>Kings Plant Barn</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lightingplus" class="mw-redirect" title="Lightingplus">Lightingplus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitre_10_(New_Zealand)" title="Mitre 10 (New Zealand)">Mitre 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesfarmers" title="Wesfarmers">NZ Safety Blackwoods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmers_Garden_Centre" title="Palmers Garden Centre">Palmers Garden Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PlaceMakers" title="PlaceMakers">PlaceMakers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resene" title="Resene">Resene ColorShop</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fuel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HWR_Group" title="HWR Group">Allied Petroleum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BP" title="BP">BP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caltex#New_Zealand" title="Caltex">Caltex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Challenge_(company)" title="Challenge (company)">Challenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAS_Petrol_Service_Stations" title="GAS Petrol Service Stations">GAS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gull_New_Zealand" title="Gull New Zealand">Gull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobil" title="Mobil">Mobil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NPD_(petrol)" title="NPD (petrol)">NPD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waitomo_Group" title="Waitomo Group">Waitomo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Z_Energy" title="Z Energy">Z Energy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pharmaceutical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Body_Shop" title="The Body Shop">Body Shop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemist_Warehouse" title="Chemist Warehouse">Chemist Warehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Cross_Health" title="Green Cross Health">Life Pharmacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Cross_Health" title="Green Cross Health">Unichem</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Department stores</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Barnett_Ltd" title="Arthur Barnett Ltd">Arthur Barnett</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballantynes" title="Ballantynes">Ballantynes</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/D.I.C._(department_store)" title="D.I.C. (department store)">D.I.C.</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Jones_(department_store)" title="David Jones (department store)">David Jones</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/DEKA_(New_Zealand)" title="DEKA (New Zealand)">DEKA</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EziBuy" title="EziBuy">EziBuy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmers_Trading_Company" title="Farmers Trading Company">Farmers</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Haywrights" title="Haywrights">Haywrights</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/H_%26_J_Smith" title="H & J Smith">H & J Smith</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kirkcaldie_%26_Stains" title="Kirkcaldie & Stains">Kirkcaldie & Stains</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kmart_Australia" title="Kmart Australia">Kmart Australia</a></li> <li><i>McKenzies (NZ) Ltd</i></li> <li><i>Milne & Choyce</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smith_%26_Caughey%27s" title="Smith & Caughey's">Smith & Caughey's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Warehouse_Group" title="The Warehouse Group">The Warehouse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Electrical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2degrees" title="2degrees">2degrees</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Warehouse_Group" title="The Warehouse Group">Bond and Bond</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EB_Games_Australia" title="EB Games Australia">EB Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Norman" title="Harvey Norman">Harvey Norman</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hill_and_Stewart" title="Hill and Stewart">Hill and Stewart</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaycar" title="Jaycar">Jaycar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JB_Hi-Fi" title="JB Hi-Fi">JB Hi-Fi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Warehouse_Group" title="The Warehouse Group">Noel Leeming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_NZ" title="One NZ">One NZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smiths_City" title="Smiths City">Smiths City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spark_New_Zealand" title="Spark New Zealand">Spark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Video" title="United Video">United Video</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Clothing, footwear and accessories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accent_Group" title="Accent Group">Athlete's Foot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barkers" title="Barkers">Barkers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bendon_Group" title="Bendon Group">Bendon Lingerie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retail_Apparel_Group" title="Retail Apparel Group">Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_On_Group" title="Cotton On Group">Cotton On</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_On_Group" title="Cotton On Group">Cotton On Body</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_On_Group" title="Cotton On Group">Cotton On Kids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_Road_Group" title="Country Road Group">Country Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dotti_(retailer)" title="Dotti (retailer)">Dotti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accent_Group" title="Accent Group">Dr. Martens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_On_Group" title="Cotton On Group">Factorie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accent_Group" title="Accent Group">Foot Locker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hallensteins_Glassons" title="Hallensteins Glassons">Glassons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldmark_Jeweller" title="Goldmark Jeweller">Goldmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hallensteins_Glassons" title="Hallensteins Glassons">Hallenstein Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannahs" title="Hannahs">Hannahs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%26M" title="H&M">H&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huffer" title="Huffer">Huffer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accent_Group" title="Accent Group">Hype DC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Just_Group" title="Just Group">Jacqui E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Jays" title="Jay Jays">Jay Jays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retail_Apparel_Group" title="Retail Apparel Group">Johnny Bigg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Just_Group" title="Just Group">Just Jeans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maher_Shoes" class="mw-redirect" title="Maher Shoes">Maher Shoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barkers" title="Barkers">Max Fashions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overland_Footwear_Group" title="Overland Footwear Group">Merchant 1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overland_Footwear_Group" title="Overland Footwear Group">Mi Piaci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hill_Jeweller" title="Michael Hill Jeweller">Michael Hill Jeweller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike, Inc.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NOVO_Shoes" class="mw-redirect" title="NOVO Shoes">NOVO Shoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannahs" title="Hannahs">Number One Shoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partridge_Jewellers" title="Partridge Jewellers">Partridge Jewellers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Pascoe_Group" title="James Pascoe Group">Pascoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Alexander_Sleepwear" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Alexander Sleepwear">Peter Alexander Sleepwear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accent_Group" title="Accent Group">Platypus Shoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Just_Group" title="Just Group">Portmans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postie" title="Postie">Postie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosaic_Brands" title="Mosaic Brands">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._M._Williams_(company)" title="R. M. Williams (company)">R. M. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodd_%26_Gunn" title="Rodd & Gunn">Rodd & Gunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_On_Group" title="Cotton On Group">Rubi</a></li> <li>Shoe Clinic</li> <li>Smith's Sports Shoes</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Pascoe_Group" title="James Pascoe Group">Stewart Dawsons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strandbags" title="Strandbags">Strandbags</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accent_Group" title="Accent Group">SUBTYPE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunglass_Hut" title="Sunglass Hut">Sunglass Hut</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cotton_On_Group" title="Cotton On Group">Supré</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retail_Apparel_Group" title="Retail Apparel Group">Tarocash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Timberland_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="The Timberland Company">Timberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Under_Armour" title="Under Armour">Under Armour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walker_%26_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Walker & Hall">Walker & Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witchery_(company)" title="Witchery (company)">Witchery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retail_Apparel_Group" title="Retail Apparel Group">yd.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zara_(retailer)" title="Zara (retailer)">Zara</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Motor vehicles and parts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Repco" title="Repco">Repco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supercheap_Auto" title="Supercheap Auto">Supercheap Auto</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Recreational goods</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Borders_(Asia_Pacific)" class="mw-redirect" title="Borders (Asia Pacific)">Borders</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icebreaker_(clothing)" title="Icebreaker (clothing)">Icebreaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JB_Hi-Fi" title="JB Hi-Fi">JB Hi-Fi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JD_Sports" title="JD Sports">JD Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathmandu_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kathmandu (company)">Kathmandu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macpac" title="Macpac">Macpac</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Designs" title="Mountain Designs">Mountain Designs</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paper_Plus_Group" title="Paper Plus Group">Paper Plus</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Warehouse_Group" title="The Warehouse Group">R&R Sport</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Briscoe_Group" title="Briscoe Group">Rebel Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smiggle" title="Smiggle">Smiggle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stirling_Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="Stirling Sports">Stirling Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paper_Plus_Group" title="Paper Plus Group">Take Note</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Warehouse_Group" title="The Warehouse Group">Torpedo7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toy_World_(New_Zealand_toy_store_chain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Toy World (New Zealand toy store chain)">Toy World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Typo_(brand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Typo (brand)">Typo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Under_Armour" title="Under Armour">Under Armour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unity_Books" title="Unity Books">Unity Books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Warehouse_Group" title="The Warehouse Group">Warehouse Stationery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitcoulls" title="Whitcoulls">Whitcoulls</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Furniture, floor, houseware and textile</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Briscoe_Group" title="Briscoe Group">Briscoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Furniture" title="Freedom Furniture">Freedom Furniture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Norman" title="Harvey Norman">Harvey Norman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincraft" title="Lincraft">Lincraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Briscoe_Group" title="Briscoe Group">Living & Giving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Scali_Furniture" title="Nick Scali Furniture">Nick Scali Furniture</a></li> <li>Nood Furniture</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smiths_City" title="Smiths City">Smiths City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotlight_Group" title="Spotlight Group">Spotlight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Pascoe_Group" title="James Pascoe Group">Stevens</a></li> <li>Sunny's Variety Stores</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Liquor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Big Barrel</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/LiquorLand" title="LiquorLand">Birds Liquorsave</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Bull_Liquor" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Bull Liquor">Black Bull Liquor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bottle_O" class="mw-redirect" title="The Bottle O">The Bottle O</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/LiquorLand" title="LiquorLand">Duffy & Finn's</a></i></li> <li>Glengarry</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/LiquorLand" title="LiquorLand">Henry's Beer, Wine & Spirits</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Liquor_Marketers" title="Australian Liquor Marketers">Liquor Centre</a></li> <li><i>Liquor King</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Liquor_Marketers" title="Australian Liquor Marketers">Liquor Spot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LiquorLand" title="LiquorLand">LiquorLand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Liquor_Marketers" title="Australian Liquor Marketers">Merchants Liquor</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/LiquorLand" title="LiquorLand">The Mill</a></i></li> <li>Super Liquor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirsty_Liquor" class="mw-redirect" title="Thirsty Liquor">Thirsty Liquor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Trusts" title="The Trusts">The Trusts</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Trusts" title="The Trusts">Village Wine & Spirits</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Trusts" title="The Trusts">West Liquor</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Specialised food</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bakers_Delight" title="Bakers Delight">Bakers Delight</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hospitality</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boost_Juice" title="Boost Juice">Boost Juice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BurgerFuel" title="BurgerFuel">BurgerFuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burger_King" title="Burger King">Burger King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restaurant_Brands" title="Restaurant Brands">Carl's Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobb_%26_Co._(restaurant)" title="Cobb & Co. (restaurant)">Cobb & Co</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Coffee_Club" title="The Coffee Club">Coffee Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domino%27s_Pizza_Enterprises#New_Zealand" title="Domino's Pizza Enterprises">Domino's Pizza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donut_King" title="Donut King">Donut King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunkin%27_Donuts" title="Dunkin' Donuts">Dunkin' Donuts</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Georgie_Pie" title="Georgie Pie">Georgie Pie</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hell_Pizza" title="Hell Pizza">Hell Pizza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesters_Pies" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesters Pies">Jesters Pies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restaurant_Brands" title="Restaurant Brands">KFC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krispy_Kreme" title="Krispy Kreme">Krispy Kreme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_of_the_Fries" title="Lord of the Fries">Lord of the Fries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mad_Mex_Fresh_Mexican_Grill" class="mw-redirect" title="Mad Mex Fresh Mexican Grill">Mad Mex Fresh 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