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16 Dec

Raleigh Asserts Its Independents

Like local merchants in many towns across the country, independent businesses in Raleigh, North Carolina, are facing an intimidating and rather daunting retail landscape -- one that is peppered with chain stores for seemingly every imaginable niche. "Raleigh is inundated with chains," said Nancy Olson of Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh. "There's not one business not being threatened by a chain."

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16 Dec

Over 100 Years and Growing

University Book Store, founded in 1900, opened its 10th location in Washington state on December 3. CEO Bryan Pearce told BTW that the store's management had been looking for a location in South Snohomish County for nearly a decade.

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16 Dec

Washington Post: 'Gift Cards Charge to the Top of Holiday Lists'

On December 9, Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary reported that "for the first time since they began circulating in the 1990s, those little plastic gift cards will replace apparel as the top gift," according to the 19th Annual Consumer Survey of Holiday Retail Spending Plans and Trends, commissioned by Deloitte & Touche.

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16 Dec

Three Convenient Ways to Locate Gift Card Stores

As of December 7, there are 307 bookstores in 46 states participating in the Book Sense Gift Card Program, and there are three easy ways for booksellers to refer holiday shoppers to participating locations:

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