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Originally Posted by rcentros
I lived in several cities and towns growing up. Almost all of them had healthy, local bookstores which competed fine with the mall stores, PickWick, B. Dalton's, Waldenbooks, etc. When B&N came to town, they almost all went out of business within a year or two -- as did the smaller mall bookstores. So it really doesn't matter to me if B&N was particularly "predatory" or not, the end result is that they ran out the smaller bookstores. Hence, I don't feel that sorry for them if they refuse to compete with Amazon. And I don't really consider Amazon particularly "predatory" either -- they just want to sell their books.
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True enough. I remember when there was shoe repair store in every neighbourhood, and specialty candy stores, and a mom and pop grocery store nearby no matter where you were. Their numbers have dwindled to the point that they are hard to find. But some still seem to have thrived, or at least survived. And other businesses have become more prolific. Specialty cookware and linen stores, are everywhere it seems, and specialty clothing stores and specialty furniture stores have become more common despite big box stores selling the same items both online and B&M. And restaurants of course and health food stores......
Going into business is risky, requires hard work and adaptability, plus location and luck to name a few factors, but then I think it always was.
Helen