Thread: Australia/NZ Borders, A&R and Whitcoulls go bust
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Old 02-17-2011, 07:07 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by AprilHare View Post
I'm rather shocked that A&R won't be here in particular - founded in 1886!
I would have thought their superior ebook stores would have helped them survive, but the Amazon competition has got far too fierce.
I would not blame amazon. I heard on abc news radio that their situation is felt to be due to not adapting to market trends and consumer demands. Customers don't want to pay top dollar for a limited range of books when they can pay a fraction at target or kmart around the corner. To this day it still amazes me why they did not have stores setup to allow a consumer to go and browse the Ebook library in store. Possibly even with the wifi kobo let them purchase.
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