Company Profile for Borders Group.Business Editors --(BUSINESS WIRE) Borders Group is a leading global retailer of books, music, video and other information and entertainment items with stores in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , United Kingdom, Australia Australia (ôstrāl`yə), smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the continent makes up the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary state (2005 est. pop. , New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Singapore Singapore (sĭng`gəpôr, sĭng`ə–, sĭng'gəpôr`), officially Republic of Singapore, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,426,000), 240 sq mi (625 sq km). and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. . A FORTUNE 500 company headquartered in 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 Group employs 32,000 people and operates over 1,200 Borders Books and Music, Waldenbooks and Books etc. stores worldwide. Borders Group posted revenues of approximately $3.5 billion in 2002. 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 on Borders stores is available through www.bordersstores.com.
Company: Borders Group
Headquarters Address: 100 Phoenix Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Main Telephone: 734-477-1100
Website: www.bordersgroupinc.com
Ticker: BGP(NYSE)
Type of Organization: Public
Industry: Retail: Specialty
Earnings Release Dates: 1st Quarter: May 20, 2003
2nd Quarter: August 21, 2003
3rd Quarter: November 20, 2003
4th Quarter: March 11, 2004
Key Executives: CEO: Greg Josefowicz
CFO: Ed Wilhelm
Public Relations
Contact: Anne Roman
Phone: 734-477-1392
Email: aroman@bordersgroupinc.com
Investor Relations
Contact: Sherry Pringle
Phone: 734-477-1794
Email: springle@bordersgroupinc.com
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