The bookshop chain Borders UK is set to close next Tuesday, with all 45 remaining Borders and Books Etc stores closing (a few, and most of Books Etc, already have), and the place looks eerily like Woolworths did this time last year, with bright red and yellow “Store Closing” and “Last X Days” signs in […]
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I’d forgotten that I’d been on Borders’ mailing list, which happened after I agreed to fill in some sort of survey after buying a book in the Kingston branch. I got various mailshots which gave me £5 off books costing more than £25 (useful when buying computer books) and, on one occasion, 50% off […]
BBC News - Romanian workers reveal true cost of beauty
This is a story about Romanian workers who were tricked into coming to the UK to sell cosmetics on a “commission-only”, “self-employed” basis. This involved selling the products in a department store and being paid only for what they sold, not for the time they […]
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BBC News - Borders bookshops in the UK go into administration
Yet another big British retailer is on the verge of going bust. Borders was another victim, like Zavvi, of the Woolworth’s bankruptcy; they got their CDs and DVDs from Woolworth’s entertainment arm. However, there’s no denying that Borders could not compete with Amazon, […]
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