I-Brentano, i-Walden ne-Borders - Iqalo le-Borders Group
I-Borders Group, Inc. yayiyisikhungo sokugcina amabhuku esesidlangalaleni esasigcina izivalo zayo ngoSepthemba 2011. Ngemuva kweBarnes & Noble , kwakuyi- chain enkulu yesibili yezinsimbi zezitini nezidakamizwa e-United States , eyaziwa ngemisebenzi emisha yokudala i-superstore yokuqala. Leli qembu lalihlanganisa i-Borders superstores, iWaldenbooks, i-Borders Express ne-Borders esiteshini sezindiza.
Lapho abaningi abathengisi - ngisho neminye imikhakha yamabhuku esitolo esidlangalaleni - bahlonishwa kakhulu nomnikazi oyedwa, iqembu le-Borders lihlangene ngokuthola izinkampani.
I-Brentano, i-Walden ne-Borders
I-Borders Group inomlando wayo emaketheni amaningana ahlukene - ama-Borders, Waldenbooks kanye neBrentano. I-Brentano yayiyisikhathi eside kunazo zonke zamaketanga amathathu esitolo sezincwadi ekugcineni eyakha i-Borders Group. Isitolo sokuqala saseBrentano sasungulwa ngo-1853 eNew York City, ngo-Agasti Brentano, i-newspapers. Owesibini kulezi zintathu, ama-Waldenbooks, wasungulwa nguLawrence Hoyt, osomabhizinisi oqashisayo oqashisayo. UHoyt wavula i-Walden Book Store yokuqala ngo-1962 e-Pittsburgh, ePennsylvania; wabiza igama le-bookstore likaWenry David Thoreau's Walden .
Phakathi neminyaka babesebenze ibhizinisi, iBrentano kanye neWaldenbooks zandisa izikhungo zabo zibe ngamaketanga amaningi amabhuku. Ngo-1984, i-Kmart ithenge ama-Waldenbooks; I-Waldenbooks yasithenga iBrentano.
Abafowethu uTom noLouis Borders bavula isitolo sabo sokuqala e-Ann Arbor ngo-1971, ngenkathi bebafundi eYunivesithi yaseMichigan (u-Ann Arbor uyaqhubeka eyiNhloko yeBorders Group).
Abazalwane baseMingcele bavula izitolo ezengeziwe eMichigan, e-Atlanta nase-Indianapolis, futhi basebenzisa uhlelo oluyinkimbinkimbi olwenza bakwazi ukulandelela ukuthengiswa kwezinto zokugcina impahla nokuqoqa izincwadi. Ngaphandle kokuyisebenzisa ezincwadini zabo zokubhuka, bathengise ama-Book Inventory Systems (BIS) wabo kwabanye abathengisi, nabo.
Ngo-1985, bavula "i-superstore" yabo yokuqala, i-bookstore enkulu (enebhayi yekhofi) eyayizoba yisibonelo sabaningi abaza kamuva. Ngo-1988, baqasha uRobert DiRomualdo, i-Harvard MBA ngokuhlangenwe nakho kokudayisa, ukusiza ukwandisa ibhizinisi. Ngaphansi kobuholi bakhe, uChungechunge lwezincwadi zamabhodlela e-Borders landa ngokushesha eminyakeni emine ezayo.
I-Kmart, yi-Borders IPO
Ngo-1992, ibhizinisi lezincwadi lihamba phambili, i-Kmart ithenge iMingcele futhi idale iBorders-Walden Group. Kodwa izinzuzo zencwadi azibonakali njengezinhle njengoba kulindeleke futhi i-Kmart yayinezinkinga zayo zokudayisa ngakho-ke, ngo-1995, bahlukana ngokwezikhungo zokuthenga amabhuku, bavula iqembu le-Borders ngenhloso yokuqala yomphakathi.
I-Borders Group yanda emazweni ngamazwe ngokuqala esitolo eSingapore 1997, bese ivula izitolo ezingaphezu kuka-40 e-Yurophu, e-Asia, nase-Australia / eNew Zealand futhi zithengisa ucingo lwe-35 esitolo olubizwa ngokuthi, ngokufanele, Amabhuku.
Ukuthengiswa Kwe-Inthanethi Kusongela Imingcele Yebhizinisi Yomsebenzi
Njengoba kwacaca ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwencwadi ku-intanethi, okuqale nge-Amazon.com , kwakushintsha ngokuphawulekayo futhi kushintshe ibhizinisi lokuthengisa, ama-Borders akha ukutholakala kwabo ku-intanethi. Kodwa ngemuva kokuba imizamo yabo yokuqala e-e-détail yabangela ukulahlekelwa isikhathi esifushane kubalimi-zimali, kulokho okwakubhekana nokunyakaza okuncane, ama-Borders aphuca iwebhusayithi yayo.
Ngenxa yezinzuzo ezingaphansi kuka-okulindelekile jikelele, abanye abatshali bezimali ezizimele zabathengisi babethinteka ngezinqumo ezimbi nokuphathwa kabi futhi ngo-2001 i-DiRomualdo ithathelwe esikhundleni njenge-CEO.