Borders bookshops go into administration

Bikertov

Not strictly a Grabbit, but this is a popular board so a good place to get coverage:

Borders bookshops have just gone into administration ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8380268.stm

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lawsofnature

I was in my local Borders yesterday, and it totally gone down the pan. I guess the staff have given up. They were selling some weird stuff too... a whole display was dedicated to doll jewellery holders.

ice-t

Some stores are selling off all of their stock instore. !!! YOU CANNOT ORDER ON THE WEBSITE!!! Not all of the stores are selling off their stock as they are hoping for a buyer.

ice-t

Hope that makes sense

eslick

busiest department in borders........starbucks, went there today couldnt get moved rest of the store empty

jenniewb

I was wondering what had happened to Barders- I went to the Tottenham Court Road store a month ago- looked seriously dead, half the books reduced, the rest damaged or full priced uninteresting books. Sofa chairs still there, students chatting still there, shoppers, gone. I thought they were having a revamp- wonder what went so badly wrong- 5 years ago it was a very different story!

KimYeovil

This is terrible news since 80% of Waterstones stock is disfigured and unbuyable. They have black marks two-thirds up the inside edge. I will not spend £7.99 or £8.99 on a brand new book that is marked. Borders is the only bookshop left in my town that has a wide range of buyable stock.

rosekitten

I have a gift card for Borders,only £2.75
left on it do you know if they will accept it
towards a purchase ?

skybluearmyontour

We have a big borders on the edge of the City, I was up there yesterday and everything seemed fine to me?

boombap

So can anyone confirm if there's some good bargains to be had at Borders stores at the mo?

Cheers,

S.

johnson293

eslick wrote: »

busiest department in borders........starbucks, went there today couldnt get moved rest of the store empty

Funny you should say that, but everytime we go shopping down to Silverlink, if we pop into Borders, its generally to go upstairs for a coffee at SB. After that we usually have a look around, but 'Borders' is never the main reason we go in there.