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18 Nov

September Bookstore Sales Flat After Strong August

September bookstore sales were disappointing in the wake of their strong showing in August. September 2003 sales of $1,491 million also lagged 0.9 percent behind the $1,505 million performance a year ago.

September was the first month in the last four that bookstore sales failed to show improvement over the previous year.

Overall retail sales of $309 billion for September 2003 came in 8.8 percent ahead of the $284 billion in September of 2002.

2002-2003 RETAIL SALES for BOOKSTORES (unadjusted)

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18 Nov

Booksellers Have High Hopes for Gift Cards

Many recent consumer surveys are predicting a banner holiday season for retailers, and among the hot ticket items this season will be gift cards. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF) 2003 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, there will be a significant leap in the gift card sector, with 48.4 percent of consumers indicating that they would like to receive gift cards this year, up from 41.3 percent last year.

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17 Nov

Two Join ABFFE Board in 2003

During the past year, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) has been extremely active, playing a significant role in a number of free expression cases and garnering support for legislation to repeal Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act. Serving a crucial role at ABFFE is its 14-member Board of Directors, who have volunteered their time to help booksellers protect Americans' First Amendment rights.

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13 Nov

Stores With Online Retail Sites May Be Merriest of All

According to reports released by Forrester and the National Retail Federation (NRF), this holiday season is looking to be a good one for retailers. But the jolliest retailers of all may be those traditional stores that also offer their customers a retail Web site, a recent BusinessWeek article reported. More and more, multichannel operators are learning that online stores can spur the performance of their bricks-and-mortar outlets.

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