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Originally Posted by crossi
Make shops showrooms with only display copies of books. That cuts down on needed floorspace. If a customer is "sold" on a book by the displayed copy or the staff he gets a code to enter when he orders the book or buys it online. By entering the code the customer gets a discount and the store gets credit and payment from the publisher for making the sale. Turn retail stores into essentially an advertising business paid by the publishers commisions not the customer.
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What I want out of retail is instant gratification, to find exactly what I want and take it home at once and enjoy it.
Your idea would seem to work against that.