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23 Nov

No Rest for ABFFE's Chris Finan

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22 Nov

Bookstores Experience Lackluster Sales in September

Bookstore sales in September continued the downward slide that began in April. Sales have been lower than last year’s sales for six straight months now. September 2004 bookstore sales of $1,526 million were 3.8 percent below the $1,586 recorded in September 2003.

Overall retail sales continue to outperform bookstore sales. Overall retail sales of $332 billion for September 2004 were 8.1 percent better than the $307 billion reported in September 2003.

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22 Nov

Stacy Mitchell on Working to Ensure Independents Can Compete & Thrive

As senior researcher with the New Rules Project (a program of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance), a board member of the American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA), and author of the book The Hometown Advantage: How to Defend Your Main Street Against Chain Stores and Why It Matters (Institute for Local Self-Reliance), Stacy Mitchell has become a leading advocate for indep

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22 Nov

Lee Booksellers Serves Nebraska Communities for 25 Years

Lee Booksellers is the only locally owned, full-service independent bookstore in Lincoln, Nebraska. And this year the store's owners, Jim McKee and Linda Hillegass, celebrated 25 years in business and 26 years of marriage. The couple had celebrated their nascent marriage with a bookstore venture romantically named for both of them -- each happens to have the middle name Lee.

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