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theducks · 08-20-2018, 01:59 PM

'Retail' (zoned) Rents, killed the used book stores in this area. @ $10-12 per foot plus wages ($10-15 per hour).
It is pretty hard to move the kind of used book volume needed without something else that is high grossing to carry the store.

08-20-2018, 01:59 PM	#21
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,105 Karma: 60406498 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	'Retail' (zoned) Rents, killed the used book stores in this area. @ $10-12 per foot plus wages ($10-15 per hour). It is pretty hard to move the kind of used book volume needed without something else that is high grossing to carry the store.