Independent booksellers post marketshare gains.(Industry Briefings)
Music Trades, October, 2004
After a decade of decline, independent booksellers have enjoyed marketshare gains in each of the past three years, according to data presented by the American Booksellers Association. The fabled corner bookstore, staffed by passionate bibliophiles, has undergone assaults in waves. First it was Waldenbooks and B.
Dalton in shopping malls. Then it came Barnes & Noble super-stores. Now Wal-Mart and mass-market price clubs are grabbing a larger share. Independents who have survived the assualt have been a particularly hardy bunch. ...
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