Bookstores barely make a profit, yet they are the driving force in the shopping street: ‘Our business is really a customer magnet’

Although bookstores are certainly not profit machines, bookstores are popular in city centers and with project developers. “In the past, as a bookstore you needed a C&A and a HEMA to attract people, but nowadays it is the other way around.” How do bookstores hold up on the shopping street?

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