Vancouver’s flagship Chapters store to close, with plans to reopen
In the face of increasing rents for retail space, the flagship location of a major Canadian book chain has announced that it will shut down as of this summer. Mike… Read more »
Kobo prepares to challenge ebook case
In February, the Commissioner of Competition in Canada told Kobo it had forty days to abandon the agency model. Those forty days were supposed to expire on Wednesday… but on… Read more »
Heather Reisman is bullish on the books still remaining in her stores
“The book business is still a thriving business in every respect,” Heather Reisman, head of Canada’s biggest bookselling chain, Indigo Books & Music, announced at the company’s annual stockholders meeting… Read more »
Two more giant retailers join boycott of books published by Amazon
Maybe it’s an instance of live by the sword, die by the sword: After years of ruthlessly battering retailers with relentless and drastic predatory pricing, Amazon finds its foray… 16 / Read more »