I look at you at home a lot. Youve helped us really improve our business by the things you do. We have really had to have an experience with back and forth oh been, closed, up and down, happening with everybody across the country. We take a little step forward and then have to back up a little bit. Think that is the mold of the day as they would say. When we shut down we pivoted right away to online sales but it took a little while for that to happen. We quickly moved ourselves to online sales and began to excel through the online website. In addition to that, we also have added the phone calls, emails, instagram, facebook requests as well, which was really a big surprise for us. Alyson has really managed all of the online sales, which means we are sending books out from the store directly to people then we kind of moved toward having people pick up the door because the governor did lift some of our restrictions and allowed for curbside we call it door pickup because our curb is full o
With Janet Webster jones who is the owner of source booksellers in detroit about the shutdown has affected our business. Janet webster jones, it is an update five minutes into the covid pandemic. We have quite a lot to say this type. I get so much again for having us on cspan. You all are so dear to our hearts and i look at you at home a lot, so you have helped us really improve our business by the things that you do. We have really had to have an experience with back and forth, open close come up and done that is happening i think with everybody across the country because we take a little step four and we have to a little bit. I think that is the mode of the day as they would say. When we shut down the pivoted right away to online sales but it took a little while for that to happen. So we quickly moved ourselves to online sales and begin to sell the online website. In addition to that we also have added, people have added the phone calls, emails, the instagram and facebook request as
Business by the things you do. We have had to have an experience with back and forth, open, close come up and down. Its happened across the country because we take a little step forward but then we have to back up a little bit. And i think that is the mode of the day as they would say. So when we shut down we went right away to online sales. It took a little while for that to happen, so we quickly moved ourselves to online sales and began to settle through the online website. In addition to that, weve also added the phone calls, emails, instagram and facebook which was a big surprise for us. Alyson has managed all of the online sales which means that we are sending out books from the store directly to people. Then we kind of move towards having people pick up at the door because the governor did move some of our restrictions and allowed for curbside, we call it door pickup because our curb is full of bicycles and cars and people, so we dont want anybody out on the curb. And so, we call
Midtown detroit. However from the downtown area in detroit. Were eight or nine miles. Downtown is one district, as they say now in detroit, and midtown is the next district after that, and years ago, new center was created like another part of the city, and that is another maybe five or seven miles beyond us. So were really right in the heart of the cultural life of the city with the universities, the library, the main library, the wayne state university, the health centers, and a lot of galleries and africanamerican museums, historical museum. So were in a wonderful cultural rich area of the city. I call it the heart of the city. And youre just a couple blocks off woodward avenue if people know detroit. One block off. I knew a little train that goings up and down the road and says one mile one block from woodward avenue and turn left and youre right with us. Allison, whats the last month been like for you at source book sellers . Well, we had to get used to having our doors shuttered
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