The Company operates books, music and movie superstores in the United States.
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Recs
With the latest rounds of delayed payments to vendors and landlords coupled with the reports that they are preparing for bankruptcy filings[1] for next week (6 January 2011 - 13 January 2011), things do not look good for Borders Group (NYSE:BGP). As others have noted, while they to tend to have the best selection in terms of books and "browse-ability" is one of the big pluses that a brick and mortar bookstore offers over Amazon (NYSE:AMZN), that it and of itself is not enough to make a sustainable business model and given that Barnes and Noble (NYSE:BKS) has been aggressively pursing the ebook market as of late, Borders may just prove to be too late to the game to recover.
[1] http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-02-01/borders-group-said-to-prepare-for-bankruptcy-filing.html
Recs
Failed to integrate technology into their forward business plan. GE capital is a sign of looming bankruptcy.
Recs
For the book industry, it's the Netflix of selection (no wait that would be Amazon) but the cable TV of consumer pricing. Still it is a great store for browsing, it would be a shame to see them go. Maybe they should reinvent themselves as a library with a paid membership fee.
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Timdicator (< 20) Score: +611.42
The Score Leader is the player with the highest score across all their picks in BGPIQ.
Top Pick |
Member Name |
Member Rating |
Start Date |
Call |
Time Frame |
Start Price |
Stock Gain |
Index Gain |
Score | Commentary |
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Timdicator | < 20 | 4/23/2009 | 5Y | $1.86 | -99.61% | +511.81% | +611.42 | 0 Comment | ||
VOLUMEDEALERS | < 20 | 11/17/2008 | 1Y | $2.29 | -99.69% | +509.90% | +609.58 | 2 Comments | ||
unstoppablepeon | 24.82 | 10/27/2008 | NS | $2.74 | -99.74% | +508.33% | +608.07 | 1 Comment | ||
mzonic | 22.09 | 4/20/2009 | 3W | $1.86 | -99.61% | +505.80% | +605.41 | 0 Comment | ||
chopchop0 | 71.19 | 4/20/2009 | 3Y | $1.86 | -99.61% | +505.80% | +605.41 | 1 Comment | ||
KidLucifer | 43.42 | 4/24/2009 | NS | $2.03 | -99.65% | +502.68% | +602.32 | 0 Comment | ||
juliehowe | 67.89 | 11/12/2008 | 5Y | $2.80 | -99.74% | +496.49% | +596.23 | 0 Comment | ||
assafer | 22.74 | 7/7/2009 | 5Y | $3.33 | -99.78% | +479.86% | +579.64 | 0 Comment | ||
hippyflip | 89.34 | 5/15/2009 | 5Y | $2.04 | -99.65% | +479.94% | +579.59 | 0 Comment | ||
deemonfather42 | < 20 | 7/6/2009 | 5Y | $3.20 | -99.78% | +476.69% | +576.46 | 0 Comment |
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