A2: Business

Salon publishes a column by Edward McClelland, reflecting on how the growth of Borders from a small independent bookstore into a megastore chain contributed to its current struggles: “As a freshman at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, I was awed by the sight of the original Borders, on State Street. Never in my 18 years had I seen two stories of books. I spent nearly as much time reading at Borders as I spent reading in class while my professors lectured. There was nothing to do at Borders but read. In the mid-1980s, a coffee shop was still a diner that served pancakes until 11 a.m.” [Source]