Borders, established 40 years ago in Michigan, just shut its doors. To be honest, I’ll miss it. Despite the “big box” feel, I often found myself lost wandering the aisles wishing I could buy everything. In the wake of Borders’ demise, let’s take a moment and reflect on what happened. Some of the reasons that I’ve read include:

• Huge inventory in each store and large lease spaces
• Bet on CDs and DVDs (when everyone else was going digital)
• Did not develop an eReader
• Dirty bathrooms
• High prices
• Handed over the website to Amazon
• We are supplier (and therefore brand) agnostic

I’m going to touch on the last two specifically.