In Borders’ extensive statement of financial affairs filed with the bankruptcy court last week, already covered here in general, we note that the company appears to have revised downward their estimate of sales prior to declaring bankruptcy. The statement puts fiscal 2010 sales at $2.177 billion, which is 5 percent lower than the sales of “approximately $2.3 billion” the company reported when they filed for Chapter 11 protection in February. That means our initial estimate of the decline in sales during 2010 was too low; by the new figures, Borders’ sales fell at least 17 percent over the past year. […]
