Borders Books & Music to Open Store in Tarentum, Pennsylvania

    Business Editors

    ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2005--Borders Books & Music(R) will open a 22,000 square-foot store in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, in July. The store's new location will be in the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills at the intersection of U.S. Route 28 and Interstate 76.
    The new store will be Borders' 21st in the state of Pennsylvania, including three stores in nearby Pittsburgh. The new site was selected based on a variety of factors including consumer demographics, the strength of the co-tenants, traffic patterns, the availability of parking and the overall attractiveness of the site.
    "We are delighted to take part in such an exciting new retail experience, the opening of the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills," said Carolyn Bowman, district manager for Borders Group, Inc. "Borders looks forward to serving our unique customers from the surrounding communities by being a special destination store, a place where they can satisfy their curiosity and enrich their lives."
    Like the more than 500 Borders stores worldwide, the Tarentum store will offer a vast selection of up to 200,000 books, music and movie titles available in an inviting atmosphere with plenty of cushy chairs and seating throughout the store. The new store will feature a Seattle's Best Coffee(R) cafe that will serve their full line of premium coffee and non-coffee beverages, including lattes, mochas and blended beverages, and a fresh food menu, featuring pastries and sandwiches. The new Borders store will also include a Paperchase shop with a wide selection of fashionable notebooks, journals, wrapping paper, greeting cards and other gifts and stationery items from London-based Paperchase Products Limited.
    In addition, Borders makes it easy to find the books, music and movies that customers need. Each store features multiple self-serve Title Sleuth(TM) computer stations, offering customers the opportunity to see if a particular title is in stock and where it is located within the store. If the item is not in the store, Title Sleuth allows customers to search neighboring stores and also to access more than 15 million out-of-print and hard-to-find titles worldwide. For Borders.com and Amazon.com online shoppers, the "In-Store Express Pick Up" service combines the ease of shopping online with the convenience of paying for and picking up an item at Borders the same day.
    Borders Original Voices program, now in its tenth year, gives recognition to new and emerging authors and artists and helps Borders share their passion for books, music, and movies with customers, from one enthusiast to another. Over the year, more than 200 new works are featured. For those unsure of what they're looking for, "Borders Recommends" titles and reviews are displayed throughout the store, and knowledgeable booksellers are happy to suggest titles well suited to each customer.

    About Borders Group

    Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE:BGP) is a leading global retailer of books, music and movies with annual revenues of $3.9 billion. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich., the company employs approximately 32,000 people worldwide. Borders Group operates more than 460 Borders superstores and approximately 650 Waldenbooks stores throughout the U.S. In addition, the company operates 46 Borders superstores outside the U.S., as well as 35 Books etc. stores located throughout Great Britain. Borders Group has also acquired Paperchase Products Limited, a leading stationery retailer based in London, England with more than 70 locations in the U.K. Teamed with Amazon.com, online shopping is available through Borders.com (www.borders.com) and Waldenbooks.com (www.waldenbooks.com). More detailed information on the company is available at www.bordersgroupinc.com. Information regarding Borders store locations, in-store events and title reservation is available through www.bordersstores.com.

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CONTACT: Borders Group, Inc. Holley Stein, 734-477-1224 hstein1@bordersgroupinc.com

KEYWORD: MICHIGAN PENNSYLVANIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: REAL ESTATE BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION PUBLISHING CONSUMER/HOUSEHOLD RETAIL SOURCE: Borders Group, Inc.

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