Independent Bookstores Wary of Amazon’s Arrival to Chicago
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Online behemoth Amazon will open a brick-and-morter bookstore in Lakeview next year.
While local booksellers have been forced to deal with other corporate competitors such as Barnes and Noble and Borders in the past, Amazon’s coming storefront presents a unique challenge. Brigid Sweeney, a reporter for Crain's Chicago Business, joins us to talk about the development.
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Independent Bookstores Wary of Amazon’s Arrival to Chicago
Clip: 9/5/2016 | 8m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
While local booksellers have been forced to deal with other corporate competitors such as Barnes and Noble and Borders in the past, Amazon’s coming storefront presents a unique challenge. Brigid Sweeney, a reporter for Crain's Chicago Business, joins us to talk about the development.
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