Share your memories of Borders' 40-year heritage in Ann Arbor
Posted on Mon, Jul 18, 2011 : 7 p.m.
For years, Borders was a uniquely Ann Arbor company.
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Now, the company — which the Borders brothers sold nearly two decades ago — plans to liquidate. Nearly 11,000 employees will lose their jobs, and the company's 399 stores are expected to close.
What are your favorite memories of shopping at Borders? What was it like to shop there in its early days? And what frustrated you in its final years?
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