Ron Marshall, who oversaw the turnaround of two large retailers, has been named to replace George Jones as CEO of Borders. Two longtime Borders executives have also been promoted to new executive roles. The changes come as Borders announced a 11.7% decline in holiday sales which included a 14.4% decline in comp sales at its superstores.
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SARA NELSON Sara Nelson, Editor-in-Chief, January 5, 2009 Not Again!
It is a truism about holidays that they can be hell on families: those crazy ... More
GENREVILLE Rose Fox, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Horror Reviews Editor, Publishers Weekly January 5, 2009 Book Trailers
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BEYOND HER BOOK Barbara Vey, Contributing Editor, Publishers Weekly January 5, 2009 Too Fast Sex?
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MIST PLACE Rick Simonson, Bookseller, November 7, 2008 Reconstituting
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THE BOOK MAVEN Bethanne Patrick, The Book Maven - Contributing Editor, October 24, 2008 Hail and Farewell
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Not Again!
It is a truism about holidays that they can be hell on families: those crazy relatives whose peccadilloes you can defend from a distance all year long are suddenly in your face, and harder to take. So it was for me last week when I heard the news—first reported by Gabriel Sherman in the New Republic,
though rumors of the story have been circulating on the Internet for some time—tha... read on
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