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I asked this same question to a tech analyst at an investment bank I used to work for. He said the Internet was a big one, of course, but he also pointed to the music sales and said that Borders went heavy into that market at the height, whereas BN had largely stayed out of it. He said the music commitment was the big resource drain that put Borders at a huge disadvantage.


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