Independent Bookstores: A New Chapter
In recent decades, independent bookstores — like other small businesses — have struggled to survive. According to a Harvard Business School study, the proliferation of the big-box chain stores and Amazon’s online presence in the 1990s led to the demise of a significant percentage of indie stores; however, the surprise finding was that around 2009, they started to make a comeback.
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