Borders Group Converts Waldenbooks in Monterey to Borders Express(TM).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. -- The Waldenbooks store at the Del Monte Center Del Monte Center is an open-air shopping center located in Monterey, CA. Del Monte Center is the largest shopping center on the Monterey Peninsula and the second largest shopping mall in Monterey County, CA. in Monterey, Calif. will be converted by Borders Group (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). ) into a Borders Express location. Borders Group, the parent company of Waldenbooks and Borders, is converting approximately 100 Waldenbooks locations to Borders Express nationwide this year. The 8,615-square-foot store in Monterey, like all conversions of Waldenbooks to Borders Express, will bring customers a fresh, new shopping experience. The store layout will be enhanced and the design updated with new colors and fixtures. In addition, the book selection will be expanded and select 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. and music titles will be added as well as an array of gifts and stationery The term for boilerplate in the Eudora mail client, starting with Version 3.0. Stationery files are stored on disk and brought into new messages or added to replies. See boilerplate. items. Grand opening events at Borders Express will take place on Saturday, Oct. 15 and Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. , Oct. 16. The celebration will include an opportunity for customers to register to win one of two $50 Borders gift cards and a complete set of Borders Classics books on Saturday. The following events will take place during the weekend:
Saturday, Oct. 15
-- 11 a.m. -Storytime featuring "Diary of a Spider" by Doreen
Cronin
-- Noon - Clifford, the Big Red Dog visits
-- Noon - Gary Breschini, Mona Grudgel and Trudy Haversar sign
copies of their book of photography, "Early Salinas"
-- Noon - Julie Cain signs copies of her book of photography,
"Monterey's Hotel del Monte"
-- 2 p.m. - Carol Firenze signs copies of her book, "The
Passionate Olive"
-- 4 p.m. - Historian and biologist Jeff Norman signs of his book,
"Big Sur"
-- 4 p.m. - Former curator of the California Historical Society,
Kent Seavy, signs copies of his book, "Pacific Grove"
Sunday, Oct. 16
-- Noon - Clifford, the Big Red Dog, returns
-- 2:30 p.m. - The Fiction Writers of the Monterey Peninsula sign
copies of their anthology, "Monterey Shorts II"
About Borders Group Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich., Borders Group is a leading global retailer of books, music and movies with more than 1,200 stores and over 34,000 employees worldwide. More detailed information on the company is available at www.bordersgroupinc.com. |
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