Even better: for years Barnes & Noble bought out the contract of every location that Borders tried to open in NYC, and opened a B&N there for the exact same rea

Even better: for years Barnes & Noble bought out the contract of every location that Borders tried to open in NYC, and opened a B&N there for the exact same reason -- and also to keep Borders out of NYC. In the rest of the country they did the open-across-the-street trick whenever possible. Of course, Borders went on to screw the pooch all by itself later, but that's a different story.