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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Now that's an interesting idea.
The relationship already exists. My local Borders is a "Borders Bookstore and Cafe", and my local B&N also has a cafe area. In both cases, I believe Starbucks operates that concession.
The current model is "Use the cafe the get the customers to come in for coffee and snacks, and buy books while they're at it." The revised model might be "Use books to get the customers to come in and buy coffee and snacks".
There's an indie bookstore in NYC that may well make more on food and drink than book sales, so the model is possible.
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Dennis
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I think as, Fbone pointed out, this would need to be accompanied with a reduction in the floorspace that the remaining stores would occupy. I would probably shrink the size of the music/dvd sales area to focus on more indie and hard to find content, almost more of a specialty shop; focus on the things I can't get at Best Buy or get from an on demand video service. Perhaps also invest in some very knowledgeable staff.