Borders book shops go pop

[AndrewW-G]

Sad news that Borders will be calling in the administrators. Always a good place to browse through magazines that nobody else stocks and sit in the coffee shop with a good book

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/re...

[Plotloss]

AndrewW-G said:

Always a good place to browse through magazines that nobody else stocks and sit in the coffee shop with a good book

Seeing any connection between this and their demise at all?

[V8mate]

Got a fantastic haul when they closed their Lakeside 'superstore' a few months back. Took OH, and kids - must have bought around 100 books at 70% off.

[Halb]

V8mate said:

Got a fantastic haul when they closed their Lakeside 'superstore' a few months back. Took OH, and kids - must have bought around 100 books at 70% off.

Ta man. Just found my local store. Hope they still open!

[ShadownINja]

Quite like that shop, especially being able to pop in and help myself to the pick n mix just by the door. Oh, wait, wrong one.

[...Mole...]

ahh bugger, always had a good selection of photography books .

[alfabadass]

There's a massive one in the Bullring.

Went in a few times for a browse but magazines and books are so 1990!

[Sam_68]

Bugger indeed... but I guess I'm as much to blame as anyone. For every book I've bought in Borders over the last 5 years, I must have bought 10 from Amazon or other internet suppliers.

[zac510]

I thought Borders was tied to Amazon somehow.

[JagLover]

A shame.

One of the best book chains, if not the best, IMO. But I suppose the rise of internet shopping has made their business model obsolete.

Any high street book shop will stock the best sellers. The attraction of Borders, the greater variety, pales in comparison to Amazon.

[Asterix]

That's interesting!

The best book shops in Dubai are all Borders (apart from the Singapore one which I can never pronounce).

I hate good book shops - end up spending a fortune.

[jshell]

Plotloss said:

AndrewW-G said:

Always a good place to browse through magazines that nobody else stocks and sit in the coffee shop with a good book

Seeing any connection between this and their demise at all?

Just what I thought when reading that post....

[V8mate]

zac510 said:

I thought Borders was tied to Amazon somehow.

Only insofar as you go to Borders to browse, spot a few books you like, then order them from Amazon.

[JagLover]

zac510 said:

I thought Borders was tied to Amazon somehow.

In the early days of Amazon they relied on Borders warehouses etc. Not sure if there are any formal links now however.

[V8mate]

JagLover said:

zac510 said:

I thought Borders was tied to Amazon somehow.

In the early days of Amazon they relied on Borders warehouses etc. Not sure if there are any formal links now however.

No. Amazon has no ties to any 'High St' company.

[zac510]

hmm... not sure where I got that idea then!

[Dr_Gonzo]

I could never see how they were going to last. They opened a huge store here in a prime location. The overheads must have been massive yet they have to compete with Amazon who have every book at rock bottom prices.

The Article said:

The failure of Borders today would be ironic. It was precisely one year ago tomorrow that the board of Woolworths, the high street retailer, put the company into administration.

How is that ironic? That's coincidence not irony.

[dougc]

Keep an eye out for when your local one is closing. I happened to drop into mine for a browse on the day it closed (hadn't realised it was shutting) and anything left over was a quid a pop. Granted most of the stuff I would usually buy like the sports, cars and cooking stuff was gone but there was still a lot of good stuff if you were prepared to hunt for it.

[ShadownINja]

Dr_Gonzo said:

I could never see how they were going to last. They opened a huge store here in a prime location. The overheads must have been massive yet they have to compete with Amazon who have every book at rock bottom prices.

The Article said:

The failure of Borders today would be ironic. It was precisely one year ago tomorrow that the board of Woolworths, the high street retailer, put the company into administration.

How is that ironic? That's coincidence not irony.

No, no, you see Woolworth did a good range of steam irons and Borders had a small selection of books about steam irons. It's coincidence and irony.

[andy400]

Bugger, love Borders. Always manage to pick up an interesting and different magazine or book when I'm there.

Unfortunately not one near enough that I can go very often....