arborweb - Ann Arbor online
Follow us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Ann Arbor Observer
    View Photo · Submit
Click for Ann Arbor, Michigan Forecast
May 25, 2013
Borders store #1, Ann Arbor, MI September 2011

Borders' Last Days

Confusion, sadness, and second-guessing

by Eve Silberman

posted 9/28/2011

On July 28, ten days after the announcement that Borders was toast, CEO Mike Edwards called together the staff at the company's headquarters. A decade ago, 1,300 people worked in the fortress-like white building in an industrial park off Ellsworth Rd. Now fewer than 400 remained.

 
News

Government, business, environment, the U-M, and more.

>> Blogs

A New Path for State Supremes
McCormack wants nominating reforms.

An Editor's New Role
Michelle Rogers goes digital.

Can't Buy Me Love
Pat Green's unexpected exit

Safe City
Ann Arbor's long decline in crime

Turning Blue
Recoloring Western Washtenaw

Puzzled parkers
Learning the system

more news articles:  1 l 2 l 3 ... 19 >
read more stories here -> Marketplace  l  Culture  l  Community  l  News
Library Garden
arborlist.com
arborweb.com
Need to build web traffic?
ARCHIVE   l   CONTACT   l   INFO   l   PRIVACY   l   HELP   l   RSS FEEDS   l   SEND A TIP   l   LOG IN
©1998-2013 Ann Arbor Observer - All Rights Reserved