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Indie Bookstores Gear Up for 2021 By Alex Green | Jan 15, 2021 Buoyed by strong holiday sales and an unprecedented consumer shift to online ordering, independent bookstores have weathered more than 10 months of the Covid pandemic, with some even posting sales gains in 2020. But PW’s ongoing survey of store owners and managers found that many remain concerned about the government’s response to the pandemic and the continuing uncertainty about the health of the economy. The 25 independent bookstores who participated in the survey had widely varying sales results last year, with one store reporting a 50% sales increase over 2019 and another citing a 43% decline. Ten stores reported sales declines of 10%–35% compared with the previous year. Nine stores hovered between declines of 10% and gains of 10%. While those numbers would not be encouraging in other years, the declines were less drastic than some predicted back in spring. ....
Sometimes, too heartily. Customer Anne Eisenberg, who added a donation to her bill, right, stops by the front door to pick up her order from volunteer Kathy Kren who has been tasked with handing out curbside orders. Robert Kirkham / Buffalo News The response from Talking Leaves Books customers has been so robust the bookstore has had trouble keeping up. Now, faced with what co-owner Jonathon Welch called an avalanche of orders on the web, the store has stopped taking new online orders until after Christmas. We are overwhelmed. I find no better way to say this, Welch wrote on the company s website and in social media posts. Our stalwart but limited staff, along with several volunteers, are working beyond capacity, and falling behind every day. ....
Man charged with criminal homicide in death of Hermitage man WTVF and last updated 2020-12-16 19:00:33-05 MADISON, Tenn. (WTVF) â Metro police said a 29-year-old has been charged with criminal homicide in the death of a Hermitage man. Detectives said Bradford Gardner shot and killed 30-year-old Johnathan Welch outside of a home in the 1500 block of Meadow Bend Drive in Madison early Sunday morning. Welch had been involved in a fight at the house late Saturday night and reportedly returned there a few hours later, when another fight happened in the front yard. Police believe Welch was running to his car when gunshots were fired. He died at the scene. ....
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