industry retail specialty online shopping founded 1997 defunct 2012 headquarters melbourne australia products books maps cds dvds calendars gift packs magazines board games encyclopedias website www.borders.com.au australian site www.borders.co.nz new zealand site www.borders.com.sg singaporean site borders was a bookseller in the pacific area of asia and australasia . it consisted of stores located across australia new zealand and singapore . contents 1 history 2 administration 3 stores 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the flagship borders singapore store in wheelock place now closed . borders started in 1997 with the opening of its first store in singapore it then later expanded to open borders stores in australia and new zealand . like its u.s. parent it sold books cds dvds and stationery . all of the stores also had gloria jean s coffee shop concessions in them . the second outlet in singapore was opened at parkway parade in 2007 . to pay off debt borders group sold all of its australian new zealand and singaporean stores to pacific equity partners owner of competitor angus & robertson in 2008 . a new company called redgroup retail was formed . after this transaction the borders stores in the usa the uk which had also been sold off to another company but closed down in 2009 due to entering administration and the asia pacific region were owned by three wholly independent entities . in late july 2012 pearson australia group had decided to re brand the former borders web site as bookworld . chief executive james webber had told the australian the borders brand had lost its former sheen . we just believe the borders brand has had its day . there are no stores left and globally it s been in demise so we believe there s an opportunity to revitalise the franchise and move it forward . 1 all of its existing customer base was migrated over to the new bookworld web site . 2 administration edit the remaining borders signage at the back of lygon court carlton in melbourne . this picture was taken during renovations in october 2012 preparing for iconic carlton pasticceria brunetti caf to relocate there . borders lygon court operated from 2002 until 2011 . 3 on 17 february 2011 redgroup retail including the borders angus & robertson as well as whitcoulls chains were placed into voluntary administration with ferrier hodgson appointed as administrators . 4 the immediate aftermath of the announcement saw the closure of 48 angus & robertson stores and one borders store . 5 the day after the announcement customers of the surviving stores were informed that gift vouchers could only be redeemed if they also spent an equivalent amount in cash . 6 after 3 april unused vouchers became void . 6 on 6 april redgroup retail announced that 16 of the 25 remaining borders stores in australia were to close within two months . 5 the handling of the administration prompted 25 franchised angus & robertson stores to sever ties with redgroup rebranding themselves as independents . 5 by the end of may 70 of the 87 redgroup owned bookstores in new zealand had been sold off ten airport based whitcoulls stores to australian based ls travel retail pacific and another 57 whitcoulls plus five borders stores to the james pascoe group . 5 6 on 2 june 2011 the administrator announced the closure of the remaining nine borders stores as no buyer could be found . 6 all stores in australia were closed by july 2011 . 7 the flagship borders store at wheelock place in singapore was suddenly closed on 16 august 2011 and was forced to clear out by 23 august 2011 . 8 vouchers and gift cards from borders singapore bookstore were no longer accepted . after hearing that the borders store at wheelock place is shutting down some people tried to use their vouchers on saturday at its other outlet at parkway parade . but they were not allowed to do so . 9 the books were cleared at a sale held at singapore expo hall 4b from 10am to 10pm from 2 september 2011 to 6 september 2011 . 10 the remaining store closed on 26 september 2011 at 9 p.m. ending 14 years of sales in singapore just before the lease was due to end in october but not before massive sales of 70 % to clear all items which started three days before its closure . on the last hours of its business in singapore shelves signs baskets and computers at the cashiers counters were also available for sale . 11 stores edit borders store in sydney suburb bondi junction on level 4 of westfield bondi junction now closed . in total borders had 33 stores located across australia 12 new zealand and singapore . 13 all have now closed due to the demise of the parent company redgroup retail . see also edit redgroup retail references edit bye bye borders ; hello bookworld retrieved 21 january 2013 colley andrew . borders bookstores gone in rebrand exercise . the australian . retrieved 25 august 2012 . lygon court history & contacts . lygon court online . retrieved 14 january 2013 . greenblat eli 17 february 2011 . borders angus & robertson go bust . the age . retrieved 17 february 2011 . a b c d zappone chris 7 april 2011 . borders australia closures sees 500 jobs lost . stuff.co.nz . retrieved 3 june 2011 . a b c d zappone chris 2 june 2011 . the end borders to close remaining stores . sydney morning herald . retrieved 2 june 2011 . australian associated press 2 june 2011 . the end for borders as the last of its bookshops close with no buyers able to be found . the australian . retrieved 3 june 2011 . channel news asia 19 august 2011 . borders closes flagship store at wheelock place . cna . retrieved 19 august 2011 . channel news asia 20 august 2011 . borders bookstore vouchers no longer valid . cna . retrieved 20 august 2011 . channel news asia 31 august 2011 . borders kicks off massive clearance sale on friday . cna . retrieved 31 august 2011 . asia one 26 september 2011 . borders closes last outlet in singapore . asiaone . retrieved 26 september 2011 . border bookstores in australia . find a store borders singapore . web.archive.org . 2011 02 16 . archived from the original on 16 february 2011 . retrieved 2015 11 30 . external links edit borders australia website now redirects to bookworld online shopping site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title borders asia pacific & oldid 744160568 categories bookshops of australiabookshops of new zealandcompanies based in melbourneretail companies established in 1997companies disestablished in 2012defunct companies of australiadefunct companies of new zealanddefunct companies of singaporeretail companies of singaporehidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersuse dmy dates from january 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 13 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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