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Originally Posted by fjtorres
I hear ya.
What I don't get is the timing: cutting staff hours during peak shopping season isn't par for the course, especially when the cuts impact busy stores.
And people buying at B&N doesn't mean they're buying books. Some of the reports say they're selling everything but books... That can lead to massive returns, messing up the publishers who are already dealing with the november collision of event titles...
That kind of site is for venting by the disgruntled so caution is needed, but I see red flags and parallels with Borders. At a minimum it sounds like some stores (maybe the ones already slated for closing) are being triaged.
There's more to the story...  |
It sounds like normal holiday patterns, especially for weak stores.
As for the other sales... it's actually better for them to be selling everything but books. It's a lot better for them to clear out the stuff that isn't returnable and be sitting on a ton of returnable stock than the other way round.