<p>Borders is in deep financial distress, and Blockbuster is too. Blockbuster also faces a serious threat in staying alive because of the demand by the Twilight movie distributor that Blockbuster pay for the DVDs they purchased – they have threatened to try and force Blockbuster into involuntary liquidation.</p>
<p>I don’t think there is a day that goes by where I don’t get an email with a discount coupon for Borders. The Circuit City and Lines n Things in my suburb already closed. What I have never understood is the marketing strategy of putting similar stores across the street from one another.</p>
<p>A new HHGregg opened up near us–in the space that used to be Circuit City.</p>