Borders: another business destroyed by private equity?
Apparently Borders doesnt have enough cash to last until Christmas and could go into administration if no buyer is found.
The group may have suffered from increased competition from online retailers but no doubt the heavy debt load imposed by private equity owners surely hasnt helped its cause.
The Borders chain was sold in June 2007 to Risk Capital Partners who in turn sold it on to the private equity firm Valco earlier this…
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