Thread: Borders files for bankruptcy
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Old 02-16-2011, 02:12 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by sakura-panda View Post
Circuit City, Comp USA, and Linen's & Things are all stores that used to be B&M, but filed for bankruptcy and now have online storefronts only. I don't see why Borders couldn't (or shouldn't) go that route -- especially if they can continue to sell and ship physical media, like movies and CDs, along with their ebooks.
In the case of CircuitCity and CompUSA, those online storefronts have nothing to do with the original stores. The names were sold after the stores went under.

CircuitCity, CompUSA, and TigerDirect are all owned by the same company - Systemax.
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