Borders Books and Music (NYSE: BGP (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=BGP)) is a North American chain of bookstores, with some branches overseas. Borders is (as of 2004) the second-largest bookstore chain in the United States, selling a wide range of books, CDs and DVDs, plus related accessories. Borders stores frequently feature coffee bars or snack shops.
The original Borders bookstore is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where it was founded in 1971 by brothers Tom and Louis Borders. The Borders brothers' inventory system tailored each store's offerings to the community it was in. This may have contributed to the chain's rapid expansion nationwide. K-Mart acquired Borders and its rival Waldenbooks in 1994, but a stock buyback enabled Borders and Waldenbooks to form its own corporation, the Borders Group. There are now approximately 420 Borders stores across the United States, with another 35 outside the country.
Borders received a 100% rating on the Corporate Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign starting in 2004, the third year of the report.
Unions
Borders retail employees at two store locations in Minneapolis_St. Paul and Ann Arbor are currently represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW). More information about Borders workers union organizing efforts and an employee discussion board can be found at www.bordersunion.org.
BordersBooks and Music is a North American chain of bookstores, with some branches overseas.
Borders is (as of 2004) the second-largest bookstore chain in the United States, selling a wide range of books, CDs and DVDs, plus related accessories.
The original Borders bookstore is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where it was founded in 1971 by brothers Tom and Louis Borders.
Borders was the last of the large online bookstores out of the gate, and even a few months ago had to shut down for a few days for technical errors.
The total number seems to be too large, but to the credit of Borders, it found the most (10) out-of-print books in a test search of professor Lancaster, searched as either Wilfred or Wilfrid because of the common misspelling of his first name.
Children books are browsable by age category (which brings up the question why are they not searchable by age group) and specific learning activities: reading, arithmetic, etc. Computer books get special treatment and good subject categories.
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