The holiday season is the busiest time of year for many retailers, including the country’s 2,500 hundred independent bookstores. Some, despite Amazon’s dominance, are flourishing.
This isn’t a bad time to be in the independent bookstore business. The American Booksellers Association says there’s been a nearly 31 percent increase in the number of indie bookstores since 2009. The indie renaissance coincides with the collapse of national book chains. One threat to bookstores’ future: rising rents and labor costs. Click the […]