Barbara’s also supplies books for Macy’s stores around the country, which the latter sells in its children’s and men’s departments—part of a growing trend of nontraditional book retailers, such as Wal-Mart, Target, Kroger and Costco, making a significant dent in the book market.
“I think we’re becoming important,” says Bob Nelson, vice president of finance and operations at Costco. “We are carrying the best-sellers, and we do a lot of volume in the books we carry. We’re not everything to everybody—we offer mainstream popular authors and carry these books at a great price ….”
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Barbara’s also supplies books for Macy’s stores around the country, which the latter sells in its children’s and men’s departments—part of a growing trend of nontraditional book retailers, such as Wal-Mart, Target, Kroger and Costco, making a significant dent in the book market.
“I think we’re becoming important,” says Bob Nelson, vice president of finance and operations at Costco. “We are carrying the best-sellers, and we do a lot of volume in the books we carry. We’re not everything to everybody—we offer mainstream popular authors and carry these books at a great price ….”