All Borders articles – Page 5

Analysis

Books etcetera

7 February 2008

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

7 February 2008

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

30 January 2008

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

17 January 2008

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

16 January 2008

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

3 January 2008

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

21 December 2007

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

Analysis

The age of the consumer

29 November 2007

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

22 November 2007

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.

News

Luke Johnson leads Borders UK deal

21 September 2007

Private investor Risk Capital Partners buys majority stake in bookstore chain

News

Borders and Limited Brands look overseas

17 September 2004

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 ...