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Why Barnes & Noble Is Copying Local Bookstores It Once Threatened | WSJ The Economics Of

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Barnes & Noble grew into a bookselling powerhouse after scaling quickly, thanks to cookie-cutter retail locations. After years of struggling against e-commerce companies like Amazon, the bookstore adopted more of a local strategy, empowering individual stores to decide on inventory and displays.

WSJ explains how that business model has panned out for the bookselling giant.

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