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Retail - News
Last updated 16.05.08
Borders US to review Paperchase
Borders in the US has appointed bankers to conduct a strategic review of Paperchase, a process that is expected to result in the sale of...
BookRabbit strikes deal with ICUE
BookRabbit.com, the new online bookshop and networking site, has signed a deal with ICUE to...
Rescued Works looks back to books
Discount chain The Works, which was bought out of administration last week by private equity...
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Retail - In Depth
Last updated 15.05.08
Tesco's giant strides
The much-maligned supermarket giant now stocks books in 731 stores, and aims to double sales to £200m within three years. Planned new approaches span literary fiction, children’s books, paperbacks of the year, book clubs and...
Bricks and clicks in the mix
Jeff Bezos seems pretty good at predicting the future. Way back in 1997, the Amazon founder told The Bookseller how online book retailing would pan out in the UK: “Over the next year or so, there will be a large number of small players. Then...
Joining the family
Sam Husain was on a golf course in his native Pakistan when he heard that Benazir Bhutto had been assassinated. The Foyles chief executive was in the country for his niece’s wedding, which was nearly cancelled following the rioting and...
Retail - Blogs
Last updated 16.05.08
Graeme Neill
Is the recommendation dead?
Surely the whole fun of going into a bookshop is asking whoever is behind the counter for a personal recommendation?
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Alison Flood
Blogging the BA Conference - Day Two
At times the contrast between some of the gloomier predictions and the holiday mood of Brighton...
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Philip Jones
Blogging the BA Conference - Day one
It's post lunch at the BA, it's still hot, and Borders' chairman Luke Johnson has just told the...
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