Are you happy now, Amazon? Paidcontent.org:Borders is closing its 399 remaining stores and 11,000 employees are being laid off. In a statement, Borders Group President Mike Edwards said, “We were all working hard towards a different outcome, but the headwinds we have been facing for quite some time, including the rapidly changing book industry, e-reader revolution, and turbulent economy, have brought us to where we are now.” Personally, we’ll miss their creative window signs the most.Follow The Daily Weekly on Facebook and Twitter.
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