Borders Group

international book and music retailer (1971-2011)
Organization business Q893430
Borders Group
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Borders Group

Summary

Borders Group is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (603 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Borders Group is located in Ann Arbor[3].
  • Borders Group is in the country of United States[4].
  • Borders Group's image is recorded as Borders group.png[5].
  • Borders Group's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Borders Group's instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • Borders Group's logo image is recorded as Borders group.png[8].
  • Borders Group's headquarters location is recorded as Ann Arbor[9].
  • Borders Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Waldenbooks[10].
  • Borders Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Borders (UK) Ltd.[11].
  • Borders Group's Commons category is recorded as Borders Group[12].
  • Borders Group's industry is recorded as retail[13].
  • +1971-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Borders Group[14].
  • Borders Group was dissolved in +2011-02-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Borders Group's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0mdv8[16].
  • Borders Group's official website is recorded as http://www.bordersgroupinc.com/[17].
  • Borders Group's ISIN is recorded as US0997091071[18].
  • Borders Group's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/borders-group-inc-history/[19].
  • Borders Group's product or material produced is recorded as book[20].
  • Borders Group's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Borders Group, Inc.'}[21].
  • Borders Group's legal form is recorded as public company[22].
  • Borders Group's Crunchbase organization ID is recorded as borders-group[23].
  • Borders Group's ISBN publisher prefix is recorded as 978-0-681[24].
  • Borders Group's Open Funder Registry funder ID is recorded as 100005112[25].
  • Borders Group's Quora topic ID is recorded as Borders-Group[26].

Body

Founding

+1971-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Borders Group[14].

Identity

Borders Group's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it, Inc.'}[21].

Operations

Borders Group's headquarters location is recorded as Ann Arbor[9]. Subsidiaries include Waldenbooks[10], a business[27], in United States[28], founded in 1933[29], headquartered in Ann Arbor[30] and Borders (UK) Ltd.[11], a bookstore chain[31], founded in 1998[32], headquartered in Charing Cross Road[33].

Industry

Borders Group's industry is recorded as retail[13].

Ownership

Borders Group's product or material produced is recorded as book[20].

Dissolution

Borders Group was dissolved in +2011-02-00T00:00:00Z[15].

Why It Matters

Borders Group ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (603 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . Crunchbase. crunchbase.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Crunchbase. crunchbase.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Open Funder Registry. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Quora. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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