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I remember the first time I drove to Lubbock. About 30 minutes out I smelled a combination of Oil and cow manure.
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In terms of smells, here are the top icky smells from worst to best: Paper Mill Sewer plant Oil & cattle together Feed lot Oil field Chocolate plant (Mars/Hershey) Yogurt factory Though oil field would go on the bottom of my list because that smell gets in your blood. I am not sure there isn't an industry Texas doesn’t have. You have to keep in mind, Marty lives in the plains/panhandle area, I live in the desert, mom lives on the coast, my great-grandmother lived in the forest, my kids live in the metropolitan area with all kinds of lakes, my cousins (some of them) live in central Texas that has rolling hills. Now the desert does take up almost half of Texas. We have a varied climate except when MartyTX decides my mother needs his fall. |
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For those not from around here, MartyTX is farther from me than I was thinking. He is 259 miles north of me. I was thinking 200.
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Why haven't they teamed up with Walmart, Alibaba or some other Amazon competitor to better compete? They are so silly, trying to use restaurants and toys to bring in customers when the reality is retail is down across the industry. This *seems* to indicate it isn't personal, people simply prefer to buy online.
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I only mention Walmart because of their corporate stature. Though the first book I ever selected and purchased was at a Lucky's supermarket (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1903888.Virus). So I know the book aisle matters.
I quickly moved on, so glad my small town had a B. Dalton and Walden Bookstore in the local mall. It would be awesome to see a Barnes and Noble move in now that the others have left. The cost of rent has likely gone down :-/ |
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I really don't know that smaller stores is the answer. Why do people buy from Amazon? Two reasons, one they almost always have the book you want in stock and two convenience. A small store isn't the answer to either issue.
B. Dalton's and Waldenbooks were the first book stores that I frequented since they were at the local mall and there were not any other book stores near by. This was in the early to mid 70's. IMPO, B&N won out as much because they catered to readers as anything else. It was a great place to go, relax, browse, get some books and then sit and read with a cup of coffee. The staff was generally very knowledgeable and friendly. The draw was as much social as anything else. I would argue that B&N lost that focus on their core customer group as they started branching out and chasing the financials. That started their downward spiral as much as Amazon did. |
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Smaller stores (In shopping areas as opposed to a bookstore set apart from businesses, requiring one to travel expressly for the purpose of visiting said store) would increase visibility and encourage visits. Netflix contributed to Blockbuster going out of business but people still dig through the DVD bins in their local supermarket.
Also, I thought B.Dalton and Waldenbooks complemented each other well. This was back in the late 90s so I obviously don't have as much experience as most of you but I seem to remember B. Dalton having more non-fiction and Waldenbooks having the fiction. Maybe they didn't have all the books but I guess they were the only stores I had before I moved to a big city and I could always find/order anything I wanted. There was also a used bookstore in the older downtown shopping area outside the mall, about a block away. Between these three stores and the library I never felt like I was missing out on anything. Of course it doesn't compare to my first trip to San Francisco, going to Berkeley and having an entire street full of used bookstores. It's a good thing I didn't have bills in those days Last edited by Pizza_Cant_Read; 12-07-2017 at 09:28 AM. |
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