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19 Nov

Local Businesses and Residents Unchain Austin for a Day

On Saturday, November 15, the Austin Independent Business Alliance (AIBA) asked central Texas residents to forego chain store shopping for one day in favor of local merchants.

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19 Nov

Four Season Books' Recent Break-Through a Testimony to Success

Gauging from the sounds in the background as BTW recently interviewed Michael Raubertas of Four Seasons Books, the bookselling climate at the Shepherdstown, West Virginia, bookstore includes much sawing and banging.

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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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