Borders Expanding Another Award-Winning Store Concept to Boston's Logan International Airport.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. -- Borders(R) opened a 1,100-square-foot store in terminal A of Boston's Logan International Airport For the Logan airport in Billings, Montana, see . Logan International Airport (IATA: BOS, ICAO: KBOS, FAA LID: BOS) in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States (and partly in the Town of Winthrop, Massachusetts), is one earlier this week. The store features bestsellers and key titles for leisure and business travelers, with over 6,000 book, magazine and newspaper titles as well as top selling CD and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. titles in an award-winning retail format. This store is the third Borders airport store to open in Boston's Logan International Airport. "The airport store concept has been successful for us," said Sue Dasse, vice president, specialty retail for Borders Group, Inc. "We believe the layout as well as our efficient and knowledgeable customer service will make it easy for travelers to fulfill their needs in one convenient stop." "Airport Revenue 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 ), a national monthly trade publication that focuses on providing quality news and information about air travel and airports, named Borders' airport stores the 2004 "Best Retail Specialty Retail Brand Operator." In 2003, ARN recognized Borders as the "2003 Best New Specialty Retail Concept," almost immediately after the first Borders-branded airport was opened in 2002. 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
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 with annual revenues of $3.9 billion. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich., the company employs approximately 32,000 people worldwide. Borders Group operates over 460 Borders superstores and approximately 700 Waldenbooks stores throughout the U.S. In addition, the company operates 43 Borders superstores outside the U.S., as well as 36 Books etc. stores located throughout Great Britain. Borders Group has also acquired Paperchase Products Limited, a leading stationery retailer in the U.K. with more than 70 locations. Teamed with Amazon.com, online shopping is available 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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