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Books / Retail Today in the Slow Decline of Borders: There Goes Waldenbooks
Posted by Paul Constant on Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Borders will be closing at least 200 Waldenbooks stores, putting 1,500 (mostly part-time) employees out of work. There will only be a little over a hundred Waldenbooks stores left after the cuts take effect in January.
According to their list, Borders will be closing two Waldenbooks in Washington state, at Bellis Fair in Bellingham and at the Spokane Valley Mall in Spokane. The Borders employees who post at I Work at Borders have more information posted and lots of sad comments.
1
I feel bad for the people losing their jobs, but Waldenbooks was even more of an anachronism than your standard independent book seller. Tiny stores, small inventory, it's amazing they've lasted as long as they have given the rent they must have been paying in malls. Tough to beat Barnes and Noble in the bricks and mortar world, and a dead man walking compared to Amazon.
2
I never liked going into the Waldenbooks in the Spokane Valley Mall. There was always this really creepy guy working there. Had this Steve Buscemi as Norman Bates vibe going on.
Not that I wish ill upon him or anything. I hope he finds a new job, although preferably one that doesn't involve customer interaction.
Not that I wish ill upon him or anything. I hope he finds a new job, although preferably one that doesn't involve customer interaction.
3
Can we expect a blurb about Saturday November 7 being National Bookstore Day with a directive to support our local bookstores?
5
@3: odd,
I never met a creepy guy there - there's one fellow who's been pretty helpful when I go in there. Kind of sad to lose a borders. Though I wish the one at the Y would stop rearranging their inventory every three months, it makes it hard to find books.
I never met a creepy guy there - there's one fellow who's been pretty helpful when I go in there. Kind of sad to lose a borders. Though I wish the one at the Y would stop rearranging their inventory every three months, it makes it hard to find books.
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