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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Wow. Perhaps I'm over-reacting, but I think B&N is royally screwed. ... Maybe they will stick around, but I'm starting to think that B&N is roadkill.
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Originally Posted by Connallmac
Perhaps taking everything out of B&N's stores other than Nooks, books and the coffee shops and replacing them with Apple hard ware and tech support? ... If not I think that B&N's stores would probably only serve as boat anchors, especially with the cratering of the commercial real estate market that is soon to be coming to a city near you!
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Ouch! and,
Ouch! again!
You could be right ... I don't have the opportunity to see B&N with my own eyes.
Yet I do see lots of people buying physical books and in bricks and mortar locations. I can't believe a creative enlightened retailer can't turn B&N around. Books are not buggywhips. And B&N has the ability to manage and nurture the transition to e-books as its own customers continue to embrace reading in a new medium.
If the foot gets shot off, sadly, it sounds like B&N will be taking aim and pulling the trigger.