Brentano's
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Brentano's is a part of the Waldenbooks subsidiary of Borders Group, Inc., an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based book and music retailer. Like many Waldenbooks locations, the Brentano's stores are primarily located in shopping malls and other shopping centers.
[edit] History
Brentano's was founded as an independent bookstore in New York City in 1853 by August Brentano, who established a newsstand in front of the New York Hotel. In 1985, Kmart's Waldenbooks subsidiary acquired Brentano's and nine years later in 1994, Brentano's and its parent company Waldenbooks were merged into Kmart's other book subsidiary, Borders. Borders re-gained independence through a stock buyback in the mid 1990s to once again become an independent company known as Borders Group, Inc.
[edit] Brentano's in popular culture
- Brentano's is mentioned in several episodes of Seinfeld, including one in which George Costanza is forced to purchase an expensive book on French Impressionism after he is caught reading it in the store's restroom.
