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Borders Group, Inc. (BGP)At 4:03PM ET: 2.09  Up 0.03 (1.46%)  
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Borders Group, Inc.
100 Phoenix Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
United States - Map
Phone: 734-477-1100
Fax: 734-477-4538
Web Site: http://www.bordersgroupinc.com

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Index Membership:N/A
Sector:Services
Industry:Specialty Retail, Other
Full Time Employees:10,500

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Borders Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates book, music, and movie superstores. It also operates mall-based bookstores. The company’s Borders Superstores segment offers books, music and movies, gifts, and stationery. Its Waldenbooks Specialty Retail segment operates small format stores in malls, airports, and outlet malls. This segment offers a source for new releases, hardcover and paperback bestsellers, periodicals, and a selection of other titles. The company's International Stores segment operates Borders superstores in Puerto Rico, as well as designs and retails stationery, cards, and gifts in the United Kingdom. As of January 31, 2009, Borders Group operated 518 superstores under the Borders name, including 333 in the United States, 117 primarily in the United Kingdom, and 3 in Puerto Rico. It also operated 386 mall-based and other small format bookstores comprising stores under the Waldenbooks, Borders Express, and Borders Outlet names, as well as Borders-branded airport stores. Borders Group also offers its products through Internet. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Borders Group, Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 93.6% of Russell 3000 companies and 78% of Retailing companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Ron Marshall , 54
    Chief Exec. Officer, Pres
    $ 57.00K $ 0
    Mr. Mark R. Bierley , 42
    Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Exec. VP of Fin.
    $ 402.00K $ 0
    Mr. Thomas D. Carney , 62
    Exec. VP, Sec. and Gen. Counsel
    $ 416.00K $ 0
    Mr. Steve Davis ,
    Sr. VP of Borders Group U S Stores
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Tim Melgund ,
    Chief Exec. of Paperchase Products Ltd
    N/A N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-09 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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