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Food Fight: How local stores can bag the competition in the battle over turf
By Julius C. Dorsey Jr., [email protected] and Roy T. Bergold Jr.[email protected]
Aside from maybe the eccentric billionaire who on a whim decides to open a shop to sell hand-whittled tumbleweed sculptures, probably not many. For the rest of the owners and managers in the real world, sales and profits are the only reasons they’re in business.
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Barnes & Noble testing in-store interactive play spaces
New York City -- A report released Thursday said that Barnes & Noble has launched a test of store-in-store toy boutiques at a few select locations, in order to boost sales and fill shelf space.
According to a report by Reuters, the retailer has opened five 3,000-sq.-ft. play areas over the last week, featuring educational toys and games.