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They can't save the stores in the long term; their time is limited. And they can't switch from Kobo without causing major distress to their ebook customers. And any competent employees are likely to jump ship, unless they plan to hang on to the bitter end. |
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Thanks for the link to the list of store closings. I'm pleasantly surprised to find that my local Borders ISN'T on the hit list. It opened only a few years ago in a new mall that has been having major problems, and it never seems to have many shoppers. I thought for sure it would be a goner!
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the do sell the kobo at walmart as well. |
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you are probably right, but you never know. Many wrote Kmart's obit prematurely. Hearing similiar song and dance, "No way could they survive with rise of Walmart etc" , with some closing up some stores that are bleeding money and restructuing you never know. But I would guess even if the day came all their physical stores closed, they would still go on as an online ebook store. Last edited by boswd; 02-16-2011 at 01:41 PM. |
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I suspect that if Borders does go under, its name will survive in some form online... maybe as a front end to Kobo's ebook store. -- Bill |
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Kmart used to own Borders... guess they had the same poor management for a while. |
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Yea, I remember when KMart bought Borders, probably 20 years ago. But if I remember correctly that marriage was fairly short in duration.
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Our local Borders is closing, which doesn't make me happy.
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