All Borders articles – Page 5

  • Akademibokhandeln in
    Analysis

    Books etcetera

    2008-02-07T12:05:00Z

    Distracted by the allure of online, consumers might be forgiven for turning their backs on bookshops. So are booksellers offering anything to persuade them otherwise?

  • News

    Downer plans business review and store closures at Borders

    2008-02-07T11:27:56Z

    Borders UK’s new chief executive Philip Downer plans to close stores and conduct an extensive review of the business following the departure of his predecessor David Roche last week.

  • News

    Downer back in charge as Roche quits Borders

    2008-01-30T16:50:45Z

    Borders chief executive David Roche has resigned with immediate effect and Philip Downer has been appointed in his place.

  • News

    Borders to keep Books etc

    2008-01-17T15:31:17Z

    Borders UK’s new owner Risk Capital Partners has vowed to retain its Books etc fascia, ditching the previous management’s plan to dispose of the chain.

  • News

    Borders to run software service

    2008-01-16T10:33:47Z

    Borders is to test a service offering 1,500 software titles, while holding no stock, using a system that creates the appropriate disc at the point of sale.

  • Opinion

    Still basking in the warm glow of Christmas

    2008-01-03T10:59:18Z

    Christmas has been and gone and it was really busy here. We all had a great time. A surprise big seller was Russell Brand’s autobiography My Booky Wook. The comic seems to be on TV every day and public interest in him has been phenomenal – he’s definitely captured the ...

  • Analysis

    July

    2007-12-21T09:46:26Z

    Like-for-likes advanced only 1.2 per cent, representing the lowest month-on-month growth since November 2006. Food and fashion both suffered as a result of strong World Cup comparatives and bad weather. Total sales increased 3.1 per cent

  • ConsumerAgeMontage
    Analysis

    The age of the consumer

    2007-11-29T17:22:00Z

    Charlotte Dennis-Jones and Katie Kilgallen look at the key characteristics of shoppers in four age groups and investigate how to earn brand loyalty

  • News

    Borders plans site relaunch for distinctive feel

    2007-11-22T14:24:31.687Z

    Borders is to relaunch its web site in the first quarter of next year, backed by a database of hundreds of thousands of customer e-mail addresses.

  • BordersFascia
    News

    Luke Johnson leads Borders UK deal

    2007-09-21T16:35:00Z

    Private investor Risk Capital Partners buys majority stake in bookstore chain

  • News

    Borders and Limited Brands look overseas

    2004-09-17T12:09:00Z

    Medium-sized US retailers are turning up the heat on international ambitions, despite the apparent reluctance of US retail giants to take the plunge. At the Goldman Sachs conference in New York last week, Limited Brands - which owns Victoria’s Secret among other labels - and books specialist Borders flagged ...