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15 unusual facts about borders Group


Animerica

One is advertising-oriented and created specially for distribution at anime and manga conventions while the other is more general in scope and with a version each for distribution through Waldenbooks and Borders stores.

Termed "magalogs" by Viz, these digest versions are distributed freely at Borders and Waldenbooks.

Christmas Is Almost Here

The third release came in 2009, when Borders released special limited copies with the track "The Night Before Christmas", which came from Simon's soundtrack to the 1992 film This Is My Life.

Meat magazine

It is retailed in Borders nationwide and many independent bookshops and galleries including the ICA and Tate Modern.

My Better Self

Copies bought at Borders bookstores included a live recording of "And a God Descended;" Barnes and Noble customers got a live rendition of "I Saw a Bird Fly Away."

Nii Parkes

He was the resident poet at Borders Bookstores, where he hosted the monthly open mike at Charing Cross Road between 2001 and 2005.

Rosa Parks v. LaFace Records

(Also named as defendants were several parties not directly connected to the songs, including Barnes & Noble and Borders Group for selling the songs, and Gregory Dark and Braddon Mendelson, the director and producer, respectively, of the 1998 music video. The judge dismissed the music video producers from the case by the reason of "fraudulent joinder," as these defendants had no connection to the case and there was no justifiable reason for the plaintiff's attorneys to add them to the lawsuit.)

Supplier convergence

Examples of this trend would be the growth of book superstores such as Borders and Chapters, who have replaced many independent bookstores not by offering different products, but by offering a greater number of books that only several smaller stores combined could match.

The Convincer

*From the 3-inch bonus CD-EP included with copies of the album sold by Borders Books and Music

The Holy River

A US promotional release was sent to Pop radio stations at the same time as "Somebody's Somebody" was sent to Urban radio stations, it was also made available to consumers for free, and only through book chain, Borders Music.

The Jam Factory

The shopping centre also housed the first Australian Borders shop opening in 1998.

To Be the Man

Upon its release, Flair held a successful book signing at a Borders bookstore in his hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Tupac Shakur Legacy

It is dubbed as a portable museum and is retailing for $45, although it has been sold on clearance at Borders for $5.

Waldenbooks

In 1994, Kmart merged Waldenbooks and Borders, another chain it had acquired, forming the Borders-Walden Group.

Waldenbooks (often referred to as Waldens), operated by the Walden Book Company, Inc., was an American shopping mall-based bookstore chain and a subsidiary of Borders Group.


Meadowood Mall

The new Forever 21 store is currently under construction and will occupy a space from three previous tenants: Borders Express (seasonally occupied by Go Games and Calendars in 2012), Buckle (seasonally occupied by Toys"R"Us Express in 2012) and Claire's.

Westfield Kotara

The centre now features a total of 247 shops including a new Target discount department store, Dreamy Donuts, JB Hi-Fi, The Reject Shop, Borders, Jay-Jays, Gloria Jean's, General Pants co, Just Jeans, Australia Post office, Pumpkin Patch, Supré, McDonald's, newsagencies, Oporto, Fitness First Gym, Wild Surf co, Priceline, Toys "R" Us, Coles, Woolworths, K-Mart and David Jones.