Borders Going Bye Bye

Morrigoon · 07-19-2011, 11:16 AM

flippy: B&N was quicker on the e-reader bandwagon, so they might be holding up better. Also, I always thought the smart thing they did in their business was to provide seating areas where you could peruse the books you were interested in, so that you got into them and then convince yourself that you needed to buy. And B&N's biggest mistake was when they let the number of chairs in their stores dwindle to where that became difficult. But with the Starbucks in the stores (also a revenue source), that's been less of an issue in recent years.

07-19-2011, 11:16 AM	#7
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	flippy: B&N was quicker on the e-reader bandwagon, so they might be holding up better. Also, I always thought the smart thing they did in their business was to provide seating areas where you could peruse the books you were interested in, so that you got into them and then convince yourself that you needed to buy. And B&N's biggest mistake was when they let the number of chairs in their stores dwindle to where that became difficult. But with the Starbucks in the stores (also a revenue source), that's been less of an issue in recent years. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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