In September 2011, we reported that Books-A-Million had agreed to acquire 24 former Borders locations, after Borders filed for bankruptcy and began shuttering its outlets earlier that year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
Last August Books-a-Million’s $934,000 purchase of the leases for 14 Borders stores from U.S. bankruptcy court gave it entrée to seven new states above its stronghold in the Bible Belt. By year’s end, through the acquisition and assumption of more leases, BAM! had moved into 41 former Borders... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
When the 2011 holiday selling season begins in earnest around Thanksgiving, Books-A-Million will have more than 250 stores open as it completes the rebranding and re-opening of stores it took over from Borders. BAM! will move into 41 former Borders locations by mid-November, an expansion that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]