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Gidney N Cloyd

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3. I don't get it at all...

Reply to RomneyLies (Original post)

Mon Jan 7, 2013, 11:18 PM

Jan 2013

The B&N and Borders stores I've shopped in over the last few years have never had a shortage of customers milling about. The got the bodies in through the doors. They had lines at the checkout.
What part of that is not a successful business plan? How are they different from other chains in other lines of merchandise that pack in customers in the same apparent numbers?

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The wrong goodbye of Barnes and Noble [View all] RomneyLies Jan 2013 OP

Soon they'll be back to what they were marybourg Jan 2013 #1

Looks like some new room for a book store superstore chain is opening up quinnox Jan 2013 #2

I think the megastore is already out there RomneyLies Jan 2013 #4

Wal-Denbooks Superstore! With (censored books) on the left, groceries on the right.... Liberal Veteran Jan 2013 #10

I don't get it at all... Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2013 #3

"free shipping for orders $25 or more" RomneyLies Jan 2013 #5

I don't think it's that simple. Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2013 #8

Best Buy is on hte way out, too. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #9

Perhaps it has to do with the investment climate? ElboRuum Jan 2013 #21

Kind of too bad TlalocW Jan 2013 #6

Well, the article in the OP may be falling on deaf ears. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #7

Maybe not RedCappedBandit Jan 2013 #19

Excellent point. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #20

Good ol' "eBooks" duffyduff Jan 2013 #11

Actually, I LOVE eBooks RomneyLies Jan 2013 #12

Here is one I recommend nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #16

Bricks and mortar stores need to get creative and adapt. Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #13

I love B&N, even though I have a Kindle, I still buy paper books. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #14

The end game of capitalism is here. Hold on to your asses. nm rhett o rick Jan 2013 #15

heh quinnox Jan 2013 #18

Adapt or die SirChanceAlot Jan 2013 #17

Divine justice, or survival of the fittest? Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2013 #22