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Article: Expanding Borders ; Book retailer looks to add 55 stores a year.(Borders Group Inc.)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Crain's Detroit Business
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- October 15, 2001
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After spending a year reorganizing many of its operations, Borders Group Inc. is poised to build up to 55 Borders superstores stores a year for the next six to eight years.
Ann Arbor-based Borders Group (NYSE: BGP), which turns 30 this month, plans to spend $130 million annually on capital expenditures, said Greg Josefowicz, Borders Group president and CEO. About 65 percent of the money will be spent on opening 40-45 stores in the United States each year and six to 10 stores a year in other countries.
``We have the capacity to more than double, over the next six to eight years, Borders superstores in the United States,'' Josefowicz said.
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