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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
Major retail bookstores, of course, have gotten used to big buildings and big displays over the years... but they haven't taken advantage of the digital market to do the one thing that would've kept them on-site: Downsizing. Fewer, more clever displays, combined with the sales of digital products that take up no space, would allow the stores to shrink with the financial times but not go away. A borders could fit into a small- to medium-sized storefront, not take up a block.
And still have room for bathrooms.
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As a customer, though, I want the big store, because I want the big selection for impulse buys.