The Las Vegas Business Press
traces the story of Native Son Bookstore, founded in 1991 by Sam Smith
in Las Vegas's Westside neighborhood, which will likely close by the
end of the year. Smith blames the store's demise in part to the exodus
of a black middle class from the area.
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NACS's CM Bulletin delivers the goods on a new company, One Click Grocery, that has opened in three university towns, offering students the ability to order groceries, toiletries, stationery items and more online and have them delivered for free. Minimum orders are $25; One Click employees shop at local stores for the ordered items.
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Nice retro touch: Julie and Orville Huber, owners of the Karios bookstore and gift shop in Freeman, S.D., will add a 24-ft.-long soda fountain in the back room of the business, according to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
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Tatnuck Bookseller, whose main Worcester, Mass., store is celebrating its 30th anniversary, has opened a café in its Westborough store, which it opened last November. Owner Larry Abramoff told the MetroWest Daily News: "We want all of our customers to regard us as more than a bookstore--we're truly a destination and a place to feed your head."
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NACS's CM Bulletin delivers the goods on a new company, One Click Grocery, that has opened in three university towns, offering students the ability to order groceries, toiletries, stationery items and more online and have them delivered for free. Minimum orders are $25; One Click employees shop at local stores for the ordered items.
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Nice retro touch: Julie and Orville Huber, owners of the Karios bookstore and gift shop in Freeman, S.D., will add a 24-ft.-long soda fountain in the back room of the business, according to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
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Tatnuck Bookseller, whose main Worcester, Mass., store is celebrating its 30th anniversary, has opened a café in its Westborough store, which it opened last November. Owner Larry Abramoff told the MetroWest Daily News: "We want all of our customers to regard us as more than a bookstore--we're truly a destination and a place to feed your head."