March 4, 1933; 91 years ago (1933-03-04) in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Founder
Lawrence Hoyt Melvin Kafka
Defunct
July 18, 2011; 12 years ago (2011-07-18)
Fate
Liquidation as a result of bankruptcy of the Borders Group
Headquarters
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Number of locations
1
Area served
United States
Products
Books, magazines, comic books, maps, calendars, gift cards
Parent
Borders Group
Website
waldenbooks.com at the Wayback Machine (archived September 28, 2002)
Waldenbooks was an American shopping mall-based bookstore chain operated by the Walden Book Company, Inc., and from 1995 was a subsidiary of Borders Group. The chain also ran a video game and software chain under the name Waldensoftware, as well as a children's educational toy chain under Walden Kids. In 2011, the chain was liquidated in bankruptcy.
equivalent Waldenbooks, so Waldenbooks decided to continue and expand the Brentano's brand in select upscale neighborhoods. In 1984, Waldenbooks itself was...
The company also operated 175 stores in the Waldenbooks Specialty Retail segment, including Waldenbooks, Borders Express, Borders airport stores, and...
used bookstore[citation needed] Schuler Books & Music Tattered Cover Waldenbooks - defunct 2011 List of independent bookstores List of feminist bookstores...
order that a Waldenbooks buyer placed on Atlantis: The Lost World, although Sechi eventually did fill it; roughly a year later Waldenbooks returned many...
acquired or created, such as Sports Authority, Builders Square, and Waldenbooks. The Blue Light Special was a sale promotion within the store for a short...
and 1970s, shopping-mall chain bookstores B. Dalton, Crown Books, and Waldenbooks came to the forefront with a business model of selling newly published...
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Bears' Turns 30 Years Old Today". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved June 4, 2023. "Waldenbooks for Kids", June 1986 "'Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears' Turns...
more general in scope and with a version each for distribution through Waldenbooks and Borders stores. A similar version was later added for Best Buy stores...
February 1989: Book store chains including B. Dalton, Barnes & Noble, Waldenbooks, and Coles Book Stores say that they will no longer sell the book. 18...
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logos for Swiss Army Brands, MSG Network, HBO, CBS Records Masterworks, Waldenbooks, Spelling Entertainment, Nabisco, Calvin Klein's Eternity, Arista Records...
series, part of its marketing campaign for the book. As part of the Waldenbooks marketing campaign, two free stickers, one that said "Trust Snape" and...
Dalton (US) Crown Books (US) Dillons (UK) Hastings (US) Ottakar's (UK) Waldenbooks (US) See also List of bookstore chains (including local entities)...
Dalton (US) Crown Books (US) Dillons (UK) Hastings (US) Ottakar's (UK) Waldenbooks (US) See also List of bookstore chains (including local entities)...
Dalton (US) Crown Books (US) Dillons (UK) Hastings (US) Ottakar's (UK) Waldenbooks (US) See also List of bookstore chains (including local entities)...
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