What will happen to borders rewards

The company is still reviewing the plan for its Borders Rewards loyalty programs, Davis said. Currently, Borders Bucks expire a month after they are issued. While frustrating for consumers, the lack of details now is typical in the liquidation of a major retailer, said Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst for market research firm NPD Group.

For shoppers looking for deep discounts, the best prices are likely to be found in the coming days, before Borders hands over control of the stores. The bookseller will be looking to sell as much of its merchandise now to help pay off creditors.

Once the store-closing process begins, the liquidators will raise prices back to full price, Cohen said, before starting to offer discounts. Unsold merchandise will typically get moved to another store — not sold for pennies. Get Started.

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How do I sign up for Border Rewards? How do I check my points balance? Log In Now. How do I earn points in restaurant? How do I redeem rewards in restaurant? How do I earn points on online purchases? Order Online. Borders spokeswoman Mary Davis confirmed in an email that the website had been taken offline and is "no longer accessible externally. The situation comes as Borders is navigating Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The company is closing superstores and considering a move out of Ann Arbor. The incident also comes as major corporations are increasingly struggling to dodge external ploys to gain access to customer data. Earlier this month, a company called Epsilon , which manages email marketing for major retailers like Best Buy and banks like JPMorgan Chase , announced that the names and email addresses of millions of customers may have been stolen.

Borders was not on the list of companies affected by the Epsilon breach, however. The blog run by Borders workers and ex-employees published a post Saturday about the website that may have contained the Borders Rewards information. The original poster, claiming to be a former Borders employee who left the company "many months ago," claimed to have "pointed out this security flaw to my manager, district manger, customer support" and through an internal communication system to the company's president.

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