My beautiful store which was 2 floors and absolutely huge was reduced to 1 floor. Their are offices on top now. What does this mean to you all?
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I think this is my old store that I was fired from. It sounds bad.
That nj store is making a lot of money and has been very profitable. The move to one floor has been a huge success for the company and sales are actually up
Condensing store
to one floor
When it comes to money, daunt wants more
At the end of the night my feet are sore
They used “working at a bookstore” as a lure
But they just use me to do all their chores
and ignore customers as soon as they walk in the door.
One of my greatest days was telling my boss…
I’M NOT WORKING HERE ANYMORE
To: Never understood why BN never went into communities.
Because B&N wants to be in high traffic areas where someone might be shopping for groeceries or home stuff or back in the day, going to a movie and happen to see a B&N and decide to ki-l some time there and MAYBE actually buy something. Plus lots of parking, not so much at the town square.
With Amazon's discount shopping who really needs an over-priced B&N?
Never understood why BN never went into communities. Go into a town find a storefront and set up a smaller store. Leave the mega shopping complexes and become more community oriented. In my area (NJ) they would be supported and welcomed.
Read the clues! It means your store's days are numbered, GET THE F OUT NOW!
One floor cuts down on loitering. Sucks for a bookstore but this seems to be the trend.
Cycle of life. Back in my B Dalton days my store was one story. I managed stores with multiple stories over the years, and the company is moving back to smaller footprint stores.
I am an ex-employee, just dropping by occasionally to see how things are going.
The right move sales do not support a two story layout any longer. By downsizing you still have an open and viable location. The right strategy adopted by many retailers. Smaller more profitable locations. Supported by online sales.
Cheaper to rent one floor than two.