What if Borders had survived??

                                    This photo was from NPR. I have no photos from Borders.

 Do you ever remember going to Borders back in the day?? You might not since they have been gone for almost 13 years now. But I certainly remember going to them. To me personally, Borders was the main bookstore for me and my family to have visited since they were the closest large bookstore to where I lived at the time. Barnes and Noble didn't operate as close to where we lived and where we shopped, with their closest store being 12 miles further up the road. When I saw they were going out of business in July of 2011 I felt like a part of me had died. And then I was relieved to have driven up the road to visit Barnes and Noble a month or so later to see they were still operating. And then five years later that the area ended up getting a new Barnes and Noble location. Here's that article link here when I wrote about it: https://haydenbusinessblog.blogspot.com/2017/02/new-place-to-buy-books-in-local-area.html. 

But I am wondering after seeing other businesses having managed to survive just with their most profitable ones away from competitors for a much longer period of time, I am wondering if Borders could have survived if they only operated their best performing locations and if they were bought out. These are the Borders that operated when they decided to close down completely, in markets where Barnes and Noble and Books A Million did not operate in. The stores that weren't their underperforming stores they had shut down before in April of 2011 and late 2010 and even late 2009. Were the locations listed below their most profitable locations?? I also studied these because I am looking to see if these markets mentioned are ripe for Barnes and Noble or Books A Million to open stores in and where retail in general is still thriving in. 

316 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale CA 94087   3300 Broadway, Eureka CA 95501   7415 Laguna Blvd., Elk Grove CA 95758   500 First Street #1, Davis CA 95616    2765 E Bidwell St, Folsom CA 95630 (Barnes and Noble now operates a store in this market)   2831 Countryside Dr., Turlock CA 95380   3415 S. Mooney Blvd., Visalia CA 93277 (Barnes and Noble now operates a store in this market)   2080 California Ave, Sand City, CA 93955   2910 Tapo Canyon Road, Simi Valley CA 93063   9301 Tampa Ave., Northridge CA 91324   354 Stonewood St, Downey CA 90241   429 South Associated Rd., Brea CA 92821   400 S. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia CA 91007   22372 El Paseo, Rancho Santa Margarita CA 92688   1101 S. Hover St., Longmont CO 80501   470 Lewis Ave., Meriden CT 6451 (Barnes and Noble now operates a store in this market)   915 Hartford Turnpike, Waterford CT 6385 (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at and still uses Borders décor. So in some way, this Borders still operates)   11401 Northwest 12th Street, Miami, Florida   6594 Douglas Boulevard, Douglasville, Georgia (Books A Million now operates a store in this market)   8000 Mall Parkway, Lithonia, Georgia   The Avenue East Cobb, Marietta, Georgia (Barnes and Noble now operates in this market)   98-1025 Moanalua Road, Aiea, Hawaii   45-056 Kamehameha Highway, Kaneohe, Hawaii   1249 Meheula Parkway, Milalani, Hawaii   6601 Edwardsville Crossing Drive, Edwardsville, Illinois (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at and still uses Borders décor. So in some way, this Borders still operates)   6971 West Grand Avenue, Gurnee, Illinois   1 North Lagrange Road, Lagrange, Illinois   1144 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois   10135 Indianapolis Boulevard, Highland, Indiana (Barnes and Noble now operates in this market)   6020 E 82nd St Suite 1515, Indianapolis, IN 46250   1200 South Duff Avenue, Ames, Iowa (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at and still uses Borders décor. So in some way, this Borders still operates)   555 John F. Kennedy Road, Dubuque, Iowa (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at. They have since moved to a new building, but still operate in market)   15350 West 119th Street, Olathe, Kansas   2441 North Maize Road, Wichita, Kansas (Barnes and Noble now operates in this market)   4801 Outerloop Road, Louisville, Kentucky   3024 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky   147 Bath Rd., Suite 9, Brunswick, Maine (Barnes and Noble now operates in this market)   116 Bangor Mall Blvd, Bangor, Maine (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at. They have since moved to a new building, but still operate in market)   430 Gorham Rd, South Portland, Maine (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at and still uses Borders décor. So in some way, this Borders still operates. Barnes and Noble now operates in this market as well.)   17636 Garland Groh Boulevard, Hagerstown, Maryland (Books A Million now operates a store in this market)   8518 Fenton Street, Silver Spring, Maryland   3304 Crain Highway, Waldorf, Maryland (Books A Million now operates a store in this market)   10-24 School Street, Boston, Massachusetts   100 Cambridgeside Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts   101 Independence Mall Way, Kingston, Massachusetts   739 Donald J. Lynch Boulevard, Marlborough, Massachusetts   1212 South Washington Street, North Attleboro, Massachusetts   612 East Liberty Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan   3924 Baldwin Road, Auburn Hills, Michigan   31150 Southfield Road, Beverly Hills, Michigan (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at and still uses Borders décor. So in some way, this Borders still operates.)   34300 Woodward Avenue, Birmingham, Michigan   2211 South Telegraph Road, Bloomfield, Michigan   43435 Ford Road, Canton, Michigan   23000 Eureka Road, Taylor, Michigan     2612 Crossings Circle, Traverse City, Michigan (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at and still uses Borders décor. So in some way, this Borders still operates.)   100 Dogwood Boulevard, Flowood, Mississippi (Barnes and Noble now operates in this market)   1664 Northwest Chipman Road, Lee's Summit, Missouri   25 South County Centerway, St. Louis, Missouri   2395 US-93, Kalispell, MT 59901 (Barnes and Noble now operates in this market)   7775 Olson Drive, Papillion, Nebraska (Barnes and Noble now operates in this market)   911 Topsy Lane, Carson City, Nevada     6521 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada     76 Fort Eddy Road, Concord, New Hampshire (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at and still uses Borders décor. So in some way, this Borders still operates.)   30 Ash Brook Road, Keene, New Hampshire   285 Plainfield Road, West Lebanon, New Hampshire (Books A Million now operates in this market.)   325 Highway 202, Flemington, New Jersey   2200 Wrangleboro Road, Mays Landing, New Jersey (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at and still uses Borders décor. So in some way, this Borders still operates.)   235 Interstate Shopping Center, Ramsey, New Jersey   52 Route 23 North, Riverdale, New Jersey   20 Enterprise Avenue, Secaucus, New Jersey   5901 Wyoming Boulevard Northeast, Albuquerque, New Mexico   3513 Zafarano Drive, Santa Fe, New Mexico (Barnes and Noble now operates in this market)   5151 Sunrise Highway, Bohemia, New York   3 South Side Drive, Clifton Park, New York   162 East Main Street, Mount Kisco, New York   60 Smithfield Boulevard, Plattsburgh, New York   106 South Ridge Street, Portchester, New York     1500 Old Country Road, Riverhead, New York (Barnes and Noble now operates in this market)   30 Square Drive, Victor, New York (Barnes and Noble now operates in this market)   21182 Salmon Run Loop West, Watertown, New York     6751 Strip Avenue Northwest, Canton, Ohio (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at and still uses Borders décor. So in some way, this Borders still operates.)   4530 Eastgate Boulevard, Cincinnati, Ohio     335 Howe Avenue, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at. They have since moved to a new building, but still operate in market)     4314 Milan Road, Sandusky, Ohio (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at and still uses Borders décor. So in some way, this Borders still operates.)   6025 Kruse Drive, Solon, Ohio   17200 Royalton Road, Strongsville, Ohio (Books A Million now operates in this market)   2102 Niles-Cortland Road Southeast, Warren, Ohio (Books A Million now operates in this market)     777 Northwest 9th Street, Corvallis, Oregon   687 Northwest 12th Street, Gresham, Oregon   2235 Lancaster Drive Northeast, Salem, Oregon (Barnes and Noble now operates in this market)     1149 Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania     100 Viewmont Mall, Dickson City, Pennsylvania (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at and still uses Borders décor. So in some way, this Borders still operates.)     968 Baltimore Pike, Glen Mills, Pennsylvania     5125 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at and still uses Borders décor. So in some way, this Borders still operates.)     300 Lycoming Mall Circle, Pennsdale, Pennsylvania (was replaced by a Books A Million, which closed in 2023 when the mall closed. Possibility they could return??)     1170 Northway Mall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania     Stroud Mall, Stroud Township, Pennsylvania   133 Pittsburgh Mills Circle, Tarentum, Pennsylvania     80 East Wynnewood Avenue, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania     3000 Whiteford Road, York, Pennsylvania (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at and still uses Borders décor. So in some way, this Borders still operates.)   497 Plaza Las Americas, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico   2130 Haines Avenue, Rapid City, South Dakota (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at and still uses Borders décor. So in some way, this Borders still operates.)   330 Franklin Road, Brentwood, Tennessee   6685 Poplar Avenue, Germantown, Tennessee   11235 Parkside Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee   300 Watters Road, Allen, Texas   570 Meyerland Plaza, Houston, Texas   8340 Agora Parkway, Selma, Texas (Barnes and Noble now operates in this market)   1220 Carl D. Silver Pkway, Fredericksburg, Virginia (Barnes and Noble and Books A Million both now operate in this market)   251 West Lee Highway, Warrenton, Virginia   1402 Southeast Everett Mall Way, Everett, Washington   3829 South Meridian, Puyallup, Washington   1700 East Washington Avenue, Union Gap, Washington   120 Mall Road, Barboursville, West Virginia (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at and still uses Borders décor. So in some way, this Borders still operates.)   850 Grand Central Mall, Vienna, West Virginia (Books A Million now operates in this market)   4030 Commonwealth Avenue, Eau Claire, Wisconsin (Books A Million now operates a store in this market, in this building where Borders was at and still uses Borders décor. So in some way, this Borders still operates.) Here are some locations that survived to Borders demise that already had a Barnes and Noble or Books A Million.  Maybe the markets Borders was more prominent in: 7320 West Bell, Glendale AZ 85308 6555 E Southern Ave, Mesa, AZ 85206 (Barnes and Noble is at Dana Park in Mesa) 5870 E. Broadway Blvd. #448, Tucson AZ 85711 233 Winston Dr, San Francisco CA 94132 (Barnes and Noble is in San Bruno at Shops at Tanforan) 456 University Ave., Palo Alto CA 94301 (Barnes and Noble is in Redwood City) 2339 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Sacramento CA 95825 2030 Douglas Blvd. Suite 9, Roseville CA 95661 (Barnes and Noble is at Creekside Town Center across from the Galleria at Roseville) 1641 East Monte Vista Ave., Vacaville CA 95688 (Barnes and Noble is in Fairfield) 110 El Camino, Fresno CA 93720 243 Madonna Rd., San Luis Obispo CA 93405 6510 Canoga Ave, Canoga Park, CA 91303(Barnes and Noble is in Calabasas. It used to have a store at the Promenade in Woodland Hills, but it closed in 2012.) 3700 Torrance Boulevard, Torrance CA 90503 710 S. Sepulveda, El Segundo CA 90245 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa CA 92626 (Barnes and Noble is at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. They used to have a store across from South Coast Plaza. But it closed in 2016.) 3615 Riverside Plaza Drive, Riverside CA 92506 12370 South Mainstreet, Rancho Cucamonga CA 91739 25222 El Paseo, Mission Viejo CA 92691 (Barnes and Noble is in Aliso Viejo) 71800 Highway 111, Rancho Mirage CA 92270 1072 Camino Del Rio N., San Diego CA 92108 3030 Plaza Bonita Road, National City CA 91950 (Barnes and Noble is in Chula Vista at Otay Mesa) 2825 Santa Rosa Ave., Santa Rosa CA 95407 8557 Park Meadows Center Dr., Lone Tree CO 80124 241 W. 104th Avenue, Northglenn CO 80234 14500 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood CO 80401 1 West Flatiron Crossing Drive, Broomfield CO 80021 2120 Southgate Rd, Colorado Springs CO 80906 1710 Briargate Boulevard, #209, Colorado Springs CO 80920 1600 South East Road, Farmington CT 6032 101 Geoffrey Drive, Newark DE 19713 4221 Concord Pike, Wilmington DE 19803 9205 South Dixie Highway, Miami, Florida US 98 and Powell Adams Road, Panama City Beach, Florida (Books A Million operates a store in Panama City and Barnes and Noble recently opened a store at Panama City Beach) 6999 Tyrone Square, St. Petersburg, Florida 1302 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, Florida (Barnes and Noble and Books A Million both operate here.) 600 Orlando Avenue, Winter Park, Florida 196 Alps Road, Athens, Georgia 650 Ponce de Leon Highway, Atlanta, Georgia 257 Robert C. Daniel Jr. Parkway, Augusta, Georgia 1929 Scenic Highway, Snellville, Georgia 1200 Ala Moana Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii 1123 North Milwaukee Road, Boise, Idaho 450 West Wilbur Avenue, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (Barnes and Noble doesn't operate in Couer d'Alene. But they have a store in Spokane Valley, which serves the Couer d'Alene market since Borders didn't have a Spokane Valley store.) 2216 South Randall Road, Algonquin, Illinois 802 West Town Center Boulevard, Champaign, Illinois 150 North State Street, Chicago, Illinois 6601 North Illinois Street, Fairview Heights, Illinois 1660 South Randall Road, Geneva, Illinois 336 South Route 59, Naperville, Illinois 1500 16th Street, Oak Brook, Illinois 15260 South La Grange Road, Orland Park, Illinois 5201 West War Memorial Drive, Peoria, Illinois 199 Deane Drive, Rockford, Illinois 1540 Golf Road, Schaumberg, Illinois 101 Rice Lake Square, Wheaton, Illinois (Barnes and Noble used to operate in neighboring Bloomingdale, but they closed in 2020.) 7565 US Highway 31 South, Indianapolis, Indiana 13901 Town Center Road, Noblesville, Indiana 4000 East 53rd Street, Davenport, Iowa (Books A Million actually replaced this location, and still uses Borders decor. In some way, Borders still exists here. There is also a Barnes and Noble at the NorthPark Mall in Davenport) 2785 Dixie Highway, Crestview Hills, Kentucky 6401 Bluebonnet Boulevard, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1115 Annapolis Mall, Annapolis, Maryland 8200 Perry Hall Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 6151 Columbia Crossing Circle, Columbia, Maryland 5533 Urbana Pike, Frederick, Maryland 20926 Frederick Road, Germantown, Maryland 170 West Ridgely Road, Lutherville, Maryland 430 Legacy Place, Dedham, Massachusetts 280 School Street, Mansfield, Massachusetts (Barnes and Noble operates in Bellingham) 90 Pleasant Valley Street, Methuen, Massachusetts (Barnes and Noble operates in Salem, NH) 8101 Movie Drive, Brighton, Michigan 4135 Miller Road, Flint, Michigan 43075 Crescent Boulevard, Novi, Michigan (Barnes and Noble operates in Northville) 1122 South Rochester Road, Rochester Hills, Michigan 460 West 14 Mile Road, Troy, Michigan  3577 River Rapids Drive Northwest, Coon Rapids, Minnesota (Barnes and Noble operates in Blaine) 866 Rosedale Center, Roseville, Minnesota 8472 Tamarack Bay, Woodbury, Minnesota 11745 Olive Boulevard, Creve Coeur, Missouri 1519 South Brentwood Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 10990 Sunset Hills Plaza, Sunset Hills, Missouri 2833 King Avenue West, Billings, Montana 13105 Birch Street, Omaha, Nebraska 7201 Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska (Barnes and Noble used to operate a store at Crossroads Mall across the street. But it closed in 2020.) 1445 West Sunset Road, Henderson, Nevada 10950 West Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada 2190 North Rainbow Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada 4995 South Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 290 Commons Way, Bridgewater Township, New Jersey 135 Highway 35, Eatontown, New Jersey 4010 Dearborn Circle, Mount Laurel, New Jersey 327 Mount Hope Avenue, Rockaway, New Jersey 2240 Q Street Northeast, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1 Crossgates Mall Road, Albany, New York 80-16 Cooper Avenue, Atlas Park, New York 2015 Walden Avenue, Cheektowaga, New York (Barnes and Noble operates in Williamsville) 231 Airport Plaza, Farmingdale, New York 1 North Galleria Drive, Middletown, New York (Barnes and Noble operates in Newburgh) 2 Penn Plaza, New York, New York 10 Columbus Circle, New York, New York 3480 Amelia Drive, Orchard Park, New York 1000 Hyland Drive, Rochester, New York 130 Staten Island Mall, Staten Island, New York 2130 Nesconset Highway, Stony Brook, New York 425 Jericho Turnpike, Syosset, New York 7836 Rea Road, Charlotte, North Carolina 6801 Northlake Mall Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina 8825 North Six Forks Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 252 South Stratford Road, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 2101 Richmond Road, Beachwood, Ohio 5001 Monroe Street, Toledo, Ohio 30121 Detroit Road, Westlake, Ohio 300 Norman Center Court, Norman, Oklahoma 2605 Southwest Cedar Hills Boulevard, Beaverton, Oregon 5 Oakway Center, Eugene, Oregon 7227 Southwest Bridgeport Road, Tigard, Oregon 940 Plaza Boulevard, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 801 Bethlehem Pike, North Wales, Pennsylvania 1001 Baltimore Pike, Springfield, Pennsylvania 190 Hillside Road, Cranston, Rhode Island 142 Providence Place, Providence, Rhode Island (Barnes and Noble has a store in Smithfield, which serves the market in some way.) 2801 Wilma Rudolph Boulevard, Clarksville, Tennessee (Books A Million operates here) 202 Morrell Road, Knoxville, Tennessee 4000 Arlington Highlands Boulevard, Arlington, Texas 5500 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, Texas 4601 West Freeway, Fort Worth, Texas 5061 Westheimer Road, Houston, Texas 3025 Kirby Drive, Houston, Texas 11745 Interstate 10 West, San Antonio, Texas 255 East Basse Road, San Antonio, Texas 9595 Six Pines Drive, The Woodlands, Texas 19419 Gulf Freeway, Webster, Texas 4801 North University Avenue, Provo, Utah 29 Church Street, Burlington, Vermont 1201 Hayes Street, Arlington, Virginia 5871 Crossroads Center Way, Baileys Crossroads, Virginia 11054 Lee Highway, Fairfax, Virginia 11270 Bulloch Drive, Manassas, Virginia 6701 Frontier Drive, Springfield, Virginia 21031 Triple Seven Road, Sterling, Virginia 1744 Laskin Road, Virginia Beach, Virginia 2904 Prince William Parkway, Woodbridge, Virginia (Books A Million and Barnes and Noble both now operate here.) 2415 4th Avenue West, Olympia, Washington 16549 Northeast 74th Street, Redmond, Washington 1501 4th Avenue, Seattle, Washington   9980 Newport Highway, Spokane, Washington 17501 Southcenter Prkway, Tukwila, Washington 811 Southeast 160th Avenue, Vancouver, Washington 2173 Zeier Road, Madison, Wisconsin Would have these locations survived if Borders was somehow bought out by Barnes and Noble or Books A Million, or another entity.  Would it have been like how OfficeMax survives under Office Depot's ownership?? Or would have these stores changed to the Barnes and Noble or Books A Million name?? Would have all these locations have survived to be around today if Borders had survived? I would like to hear what you have to say!! Thank you for reading and God bless!!