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Great opportunity for the innovtive use of LED lighting

Way off topic but the PRU put on a spectacular if low key display of dynamic Patriotism during the 4th Celebration

We were almost directly accross from the Pru in front of MIT and the Dynamic Red White and Blue lighting at the top of the Pru formed a great backdrop for crowd photos in the gathering twighlight -- before the fireworkings began -- not sure if it was the Top of tHe Hub level or the skywalk
 
Unless a new bidder steps forward by 5 pm tomorrow, the entire Borders Books chain is going to be turned over to liquidators at an auction next Tuesday. Even the most profitable and busy stores such as Downtown Crossing will go out of business.
 
God dammit! Barnes & Nobles BLOWS. I love Borders.... well... at least the DTX one. Don't really go to any others. On the plus side, maybe I can buy up some Images of America books for cheap.
 
Should Barnes & Noble buy Borders? Would that create a monopoly? Wouldn't Borders going out of business create a monopoly anyways?
 
I'd rather see B&N buy what's left of Borders than have the whole chain disappear.
 
Ron Newman said:
I'd rather see B&N buy what's left of Borders than have the whole chain disappear.
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The interesting twist is that a couple years ago, Borders wanted to buy B&N.

Also, UrbEx, B&N isn't the B&N of the past, they sell everything that Borders sells now (mixed-media/multimedia). Their partnership with fake Starbucks is better than the Borders partnership with Seattle's Best too. (The additional Cheesecake Factory partnership at the Pru is even more genius)
 
There are a couple of EU Bookstore chains which seem to be doing OK in UK (Blackwell's acacademic book seller) and Germany (Dussman) -- perhaps we could recruit one of them

I remember that there was a Waterstons in Boston although it only lasted a few years

I think that Dussman in Berlin would be an ideal model for something unique to DTX


"Dussmann das KulturKaufhaus, offers probably Germany's largest selection of books in English!I think that is worth a contribution in bookstoreguide.org, don't you?"

We certainly do think so for any contribution to the guide is more than welcome and appreciated. Spreading across five floors on almost 7.000 square meters, KulturKaufhaus (translating to the Cultural Shopping House) is a multi functional bookstore which also sells CDs, DVDs, audio books, games and more - their slogan being "All the media under one roof". -- http://www.bookstoreguide.org/2008/07/dussmann-das-kulturkaufhaus-berlin.html
 
Waterstone's exited the entire US market, not just Boston, when it closed its local stores. (Besides Exeter Street, they were also in Faneuil Hall Marketplace and across from the Burlington Mall)

[Barnes & Noble's] partnership with fake Starbucks is better than the Borders partnership with Seattle's Best too.
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Not sure what you mean by 'fake Starbucks'. Seattle's Best is owned by Starbucks.
 
Ron Newman said:
Waterstone's exited the entire US market, not just Boston, when it closed its local stores. (Besides Exeter Street, they were also in Faneuil Hall Marketplace and across from the Burlington Mall)



Not sure what you mean by 'fake Starbucks'. Seattle's Best is owned by Starbucks.
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B&N cafes don't have the same machines that the real Starbucks do and the drinks taste different.
 
Latest from Wall Street Journal:
Borders Group Inc. inched closer to liquidation Sunday after a bidding deadline passed without offers that would keep the U.S.'s second-largest bookstore chain in business, said people familiar with the matter.

Bids for Borders were due at 5:00 p.m. EDT Sunday ahead of a bankruptcy-court auction scheduled for Tuesday.

Still, Borders is likely to entertain offers right up until the scheduled auction in the hopes a white knight will emerge to save the chain.
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Perhaps FNAC wants to enter the US market?

With circuit city AND borders gone, both best buy and b&N need competition.

FNAC is 1/2 each of those stores. Large book selection + TVs + video game + music + cafe.

Borders location in DTX could be their flagship

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The very latest Wall St Journal article says Books-A-Million is in talks to acquire (part of?) Borders. I'm unfamiliar with this chain, which is now focused on the US South and does not exist anywhere in this region.
 
Ron Newman said:
The very latest Wall St Journal article says Books-A-Million is in talks to acquire (part of?) Borders. I'm unfamiliar with this chain, which is now focused on the US South and does not exist anywhere in this region.
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I'm only familiar with B-A-M being an indoor mall retail store - not quite the same as BaN and Borders which exist as strip mall flagship stores.
 
Borders includes the old Waldenbooks chain which were mostly located in malls. However, some large Borders stores are also located in malls, such as the Cambridgeside Galleria. (And, for that matter, the Prudential B&N is in a mall too.)
 
Ron Newman said:
Borders includes the old Waldenbooks chain which were mostly located in malls. However, some large Borders stores are also located in malls, such as the Cambridgeside Galleria. (And, for that matter, the Prudential B&N is in a mall too.)
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Walden chains were converted to Borders Express (Silver City Galleria)
 
Borders never finished converting Waldenbooks to Borders Express. If you go to their Store Locator and select "Waldenbooks" as the Store Type, you'll see a few hanging on in New England.

Non-mall Waldenbooks were rare, but there was one in Lexington Center until a couple of years ago. I also recall one long ago in the Center Plaza building, before the Downtown Crossing Borders store opened.
 
Ron Newman said:
Borders never finished converting Waldenbooks to Borders Express. If you go to their Store Locator and select "Waldenbooks" as the Store Type, you'll see a few hanging on in New England.

Non-mall Waldenbooks were rare, but there was one in Lexington Center until a couple of years ago. I also recall one long ago in the Center Plaza building, before the Downtown Crossing Borders store opened.
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There was a stand alone Walden in Hanover across from the mall (which also had a walden in it). It was located in a strip mall parking lot, but was fully separate from the strip mall.
 
Ron Newman said:
The very latest Wall St Journal article says Books-A-Million is in talks to acquire (part of?) Borders. I'm unfamiliar with this chain, which is now focused on the US South and does not exist anywhere in this region.
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Its a decent chain. From what I remember they focus on books (no CD or DVD section) and the cafe section is also smaller.

That may have changed since I last visited one (8 years ago, Miami)
 
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