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21 Nov

Special Bank of America Promotion for ABA Members

Booksellers should note that Bank of America, an American Booksellers Association affinity program partner, is offering ABA members a special promotion: The company is waiving the $75 application fee for member bookstores that sign up for its merchants services program by December 31, 2005. On October 31, Bank of America mailed a postcard to bookstore members detailing the offer.

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21 Nov

Anthology Forum Launches on Idea Exchange

In response to requests from member booksellers, the American Booksellers Association has created an online forum specifically for users of the Anthology inventory control system. The new forum link is located directly below the general Inventory Control Forum on Bookweb's Idea Exchange. Booksellers requested the Anthology forum to essentially create an "Anthology users group."

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21 Nov

Bookseller's Vision Realized


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21 Nov

BTW News Briefs

NRF Predicts Holiday Sales to Increase Six Percent

On November 22, the National Retail Federation (NRF) said that as the holiday season gets underway, retailers have cause to be optimistic, thanks to a recent spate of positive economic indicators, including strong October retail sales and dropping gasoline prices. The NRF has revised its holiday sales forecast and estimates total holiday retail sales will increase six percent over last year to $439.53 billion. NRF had previously forecast a five percent sales gain on September 21.

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