Courier’s publishing units had sales of $10.1 million, down 14 percent compared to a year ago, with lower sales to Borders (and a $750,000 one-time restructuring charge thanks to the chain’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy) accounting for the largest part of the shortfall. Where Borders made up 9 percent of segment revenue in the company’s first six months last year, now it only made up 2 percent for FY2011 to date. Excluding the writedown, the segment lost $1.2 million, a far cry from a year ago when it broke even. Ceo James Conway said, “We felt the same pressures as most […]
