Borders' Last Days

Confusion, sadness, and second-guessing

by Eve Silberman

posted 9/28/2011

On July 28, ten days after the announcement that Borders was toast, CEO Mike Edwards called together the staff at the company's headquarters. A decade ago, 1,300 people worked in the fortress-like white building in an industrial park off Ellsworth Rd. Now fewer than 400 remained.

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