Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:00:54 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: The End of B. Dalton Bookseller
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

> Tamar Lindsay <dicconf at yahoo.com> 10/19/2009 11:52 AM >>>
>
><<"While the company prepares to take the next step in digital bookselling=
, =
>it is in the final phase of closing down its remaining Dalton outlets. =
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>Prior to opening its superstores, Dalton was the backbone of B&N, but the =
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>company has been steadily closing stores under that brand for eight =
years, =
>shutting 35 to 50 annually. There are about 30 Dalton stores remaining =
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>open and all will be closed by January 31."
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>http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6702254.htm.html
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>So does that mean the airports will become B&N, or will Borders take
>over?

I suspect a B Dalton airport store is too small for the usual large B&N. =

Borders has been slowly eradicating WaldenBooks - the better locations are =
being converted into "Borders Express".

So, it's conceivable that any B Dalton airport store could become a =
Borders or more likely Borders Express.

Anyway, are there any B Dalton airport stores?

mjw