Monday, November 23, 2009
Is borders about to go bust?
Borders' UK bookstores look for buyer
Reports have said WHSmith walked away from a takeover deal on Friday, and that Borders UK could go into administration soon without a sale
Posted by mark @ 05:53 PM (1240 views)
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rumble says:
Drip, drip, drip…
This is like a war of attrition. No crash but dilapidation?
drewster says:
Another business model destroyed by the internet. Virgin Megastores / Zavvi suffered the same problem. Amazon sells a far wider range of books delivered to your door, and Tescos sells the top 20 books, CDs, and DVDs at low prices. The high street shops just can’t compete.
refusetobuy says:
According to Private Eye it’s been going bust for while.
fubar says:
This was linked to from the BBC site, as a development on the story. It seems that Broders are no longer taking orders via their website.
http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/969040/Fears-Borders-grows-retailer-freezes-online-book-orders/