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Waldenbooks was an American shopping mall-based bookstore chain operated by the Walden Book Company, Inc., and from 1995 was a subsidiary of Borders Group. The chain also ran a video game and software chain under the name Waldensoftware, as well as a children's educational toy chain under Walden Kids.
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Oct 6, 2019 · In 1992, Kmart stepped in and bought Borders and merged the bookseller with its previous acquisition, Waldenbooks, the New York Times reported. The acquisition quickly fell apart that same year...
Borders Group, Inc. (former NYSE ticker symbol BGP) was an American multinational book and music retailer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. In its final year, the company employed about 19,500 people throughout the U.S., primarily in its Borders and Waldenbooks stores. [1] [2]
Aug 19, 2021 · The story of Waldenbooks, founded in 1933 in Boston, MA. They quickly became one of the largest booksellers in North America, succumbing to financial issues under Borders Group in 2011. Here's...
Jun 5, 2020 · Harry Hoffman, who as the president of Waldenbooks cemented its standing as the No. 1 bookseller in the United States in the 1980s by opening hundreds of new stores and using aggressive...
Waldenbooks, a segment of the Borders Group, Inc., is a U.S. book retailer with about 600 mall-based stores, most under the Waldenbooks name. Waldenbooks offers a comparatively small selection focused on bestsellers.
Walden Book Company Inc., a subsidiary of the Borders Group, Inc., is a leading U.S. mall-based book retailer, with over 1,035 Waldenbooks stores located in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Jul 18, 2011 · 1991: Borders starts integrating music and movies into some of its stores. 1992: Kmart Corp., which bought Waldenbooks in 1984, acquires Borders and creates the Borders-Walden Group. At the time, Borders had 21 large stores and had valued itself at about $190 million, the New York Times reported at the time.
Feb 3, 2020 · The group included Borders superstores, Waldenbooks, Borders Express and Borders airport stores. Where many booksellers—even other publicly-held bookstore chains—are closely identified with one owner, the Borders Group came together through corporate acquisitions.
