Posts Tagged ‘Borders’

Borders Closing ALL Its Austin Locations

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Borders is closing all three Austin-area stores.

This is a darn shame, but their prices never struck me as competitive with online stores, even for those few items I didn’t buy direct from publishers.

Borders may well be doomed by online sales and electronic books, but some chains can take a long time to die. Until recently there was even a Hastings Records in Round Rock, even though I though they had died out a long time ago…

Borders Files for Bankruptcy, to Close 200 Stores

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

This is probably not good news, any way you slice it.

The list of stores will be coming later this afternoon.

In other news, Lame Excuse Books says there are no plans to close its one non-retail location…