Borders' Airport Stores Nominated for Four ``Airport Retail News'' Awards; Borders Opening Two Airport Stores This Winter.Business Editors ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2004 Borders'(R) airport stores were recently nominated for four key awards by "Airport Retail News" (ARN ARN Access Research Network ARN Advanced Remote Node ARN Acide Ribonucléique (French: RNA) ARN Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (Argentina) ARN Association of Rehabilitation Nurses ) trade magazine. The ARN awards are the most prestigious in the industry; approximately 3,000 airport executives, consultants and concessionaires nominate airport retailers for the awards and an independent panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
-- Retailer with Highest Regard for Customer Service -- Best Airport Retail Store Design -- Best Retail Specialty Brand Operator -- Best Airport Retailer Last year, ARN named Borders' airport stores the "Best New Specialty Retail Concept." The winners of this year's awards will be announced in February. "Travelers have been very responsive to Borders' airport concept," said Tami Heim, president of Borders. "We're proud of the outstanding customer service we're able to offer travelers in an inviting atmosphere that caters to the on-the-go shopping needs of our airport customers. ARN's recognition of our efforts is gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. ." Borders opened one new store in Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IATA: IAH, ICAO: KIAH, FAA LID: IAH)[2] is an international airport in the city of Houston, Texas, United States serving the Greater Houston area. on December 23, 2003. Gloria Jean's Coffees operates the cafe in the Houston store. Additionally, a Borders airport store in Cincinnati was relocated to a permanent location on December 20. Borders' next store is scheduled to open in the Las Vegas McCarran International Airport “LAS” redirects here. For other uses, see LAS (disambiguation). McCarran International Airport (IATA: LAS, ICAO: KLAS, FAA LID: LAS) is the principal commercial airport serving Las Vegas and surrounding Clark County, Nevada. in March 2004. Six airport stores currently operate under the Borders brand, with locations in Boston, Cincinnati, Houston, Orlando and two in Newark. Five to 10 additional stores are slated to open by the end of 2004. About Borders Group Borders Group Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) The routing protocol that is used to span autonomous systems on the Internet. It is a robust, sophisticated and scalable protocol that was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). ) is a leading global retailer of books, music and movies. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich., the company employs 32,000 people worldwide and operates over 445 Borders domestic superstores; 37 international Borders stores, located primarily in the U.K. and the Pacific Rim; 36 Books etc. stores throughout Great Britain; and approximately 750 Waldenbooks stores in malls across America. Teamed with Amazon.com, the company also offers online shopping through Borders.com (www.borders.com) and Waldenbooks.com (www.waldenbooks.com). More detailed information on the company is available at www.bordersgroupinc.com. Information regarding Borders store locations, in-store events and title reservation is available through www.bordersstores.com. |
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