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strong>MONDAY:</strong> Existing home sales; earnings reports from Campbell Soup, Hewlett-Packard, Tyson Foods. <strong>TUESDAY:</strong> Preliminary third quarter gross domestic product; November consumer confidence; earnings reports from Barnes & Noble, Borders Group, Brown Shoe, Heinz, Hormel, Medtronic, TiVo.
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Today the NY Times reported a digital reading milestone for one bookseller's upcoming device : "Barnes & Noble says customers ordering a Nook will receive their devices the week of Jan. 4. So that stockings are not left completely empty, the bookseller will furnish buyers with a special holiday certificate." GalleyCat has been tracking the stock performance of the major companies that...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) has appointed Bill Dandy Senior Vice President, Marketing, effective Nov. 20. Dandy has more than 20 years of retail experience, serving in marketing and operations leadership roles for several multi-billion-dollar retail organizations. Most recently, he served for three years as Executive Vice President, Marketing, for Mattress...
eye for information (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Today's helping of fresh spam - I had several of these for different companies in the US and to different made-up mailboxes on my domain. The reply-to address is the plausible (not) 'Customer Support' [no-reply@bankreport.com] We recorded a payment request from "Borders Group" to enable the charge of $3056.18 on your account. The payment is pending for the moment. If you made this transaction...
The Age (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Ten Southeast Asian nations pledged to create a regional immigration database to catch criminals and terrorists going across their borders, the group said.
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
B RING BACK THE TRADITIONAL BOOKSHOP Posted by Stuart Walton Monday 16 November 2009 ,The Guardian. No more lounging in Waterstone's or browsing in Borders – turn over an old leaf with the starchy, strait-laced booksellers of old When the Borders Group first imported its corporate ambience to the UK in 1998, it seemed the book business had been made anew. Here were stores in which not only could...
Major Spoilers (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Press Release It was announced yesterday that Micha Hershman has joined the Dark Horse marketing department. In his thirteen-year tenure with Borders Group, Hershman developed an extensive professional experience with comics, graphic novels, science fiction, horror, and related merchandise. After handling the buyer duties for the chain’s rapidly growing graphic-novel section, he became the category...
ComicList Complete (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Media Release -- It was announced today that Micha Hershman has joined the Dark Horse marketing department. In his thirteen-year tenure with Borders Group, Hershman developed an extensive professional experience with comics, graphic novels, science fiction, horror, and related merchandise. After handling the buyer duties for the chain's rapidly growing graphic-novel section, he became the category...
The Guardian Books Blog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
No more lounging in Waterstone's or browsing in Borders – turn over an old leaf with the starchy, strait-laced booksellers of old When the Borders Group first imported its corporate ambience to the UK in 1998, it seemed the book business had been made anew. Here were stores in which not only could you get away with browsing noncommittally, you were positively encouraged to do so. There were...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
After more than 36 years of operation, the Kansas City area’s last Waldenbooks will close in Crown Center by late January. Parent company Borders Group is closing 200 of its smaller bookstores to focus on its more profitable superstores. It also will cut 1,500 mostly part-time positions. However, it will try to place some of the employees in its other stores.
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
The Motley Fool took a hard look at Borders this week, writing : "Circuit City, once a well-known retail fixture, is no more. If it can't survive this holiday season's impending price war, bookseller Borders (NYSE: BGP) could be next." GalleyCat has been tracking the stock performance of the major companies that influence the bookselling business. We created this chart with eight publicly-traded...
The Orlando Business Journal (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Borders Group Inc. announced plans to close 200 specialty stores nationwide in January, including three in Central Florida. (BGP)
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Borders Group will close three Central Florida book stores in January, part of a larger nationwide closure.
The San Antonio Business Journal (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
The Borders Group Inc. is eying the possible closure of all three Waldenbooks stores in San Antonio in January as part of a national plan to make the chain more profitable in 2010. (BGP)
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Greenwood -- A Waldenbooks in Greenwood Park Mall is on a list of stores to be closed by parent company Borders Group in January.
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