Lululemon Athletica is saying, "namaste" with a new in-store initiative, inviting consumers to linger as well as shop. The Vancouver-based seller of yoga apparel will open its largest flagship to date in Manhattan's Flatiron District neighborhood on Wednesday. Roughly one-third of the 11,500-square-foot shop will be dedicated to a new concept called Hub Seventeen, a community gathering place where shoppers can take yoga workshops, view art or films and attend concerts. The store will also boast a concierge service to help shoppers book nearby gym classes or other city events.According to Carolyn Manning, U.S. director of brand and community at Lululemon, the new features are another example of the brand's grassroots approach to marketing to consumers. "Our local teams seek out and partner with leaders in the community to create experiences that excite and inspire our guests," she said.While Hub Seventeen is unique to the Flatiron store, a spokeswoman noted that the concierge service is in the testing phase and could be rolled out to other locations. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire ripped through a Waterstones Southampton store yesterday. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The new stores will average about 14,000 sq. ft., making them roughly 12,000 sq. ft. smaller than the chain's current stores. The first prototype location is set to open in New Jersey in late summer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Can independent campus stores survive the onslaught from Follett and B&NE at a time when textbook sales continue to shrink? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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On the same day that Lululemon Athletica announced the sudden exit of CEO Laurent Potdevin over a failure to meet company standards, it appointed a new leader for its marketing.The Vancouver-based company on Monday named Celeste Burgoyne, executive VP for the Americas, to handle brand marketing.... Continue reading at Advertising Age
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Caravan Book Store fills an almost inconspicuous niche on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. With Starbucks on one side and the Biltmore on the other, it has straddled the city’s past and present, offering bibliophiles refuge and solace in its well-curated selection of antiquarian books. For... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Google Play has launched a dedicated audiobook store to take advantage of the recent growth in downloads. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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While hardly a shock that Google Play has started selling audiobooks, it's a moment to look at aspects of the format's sales-building prominence: the other way of 'reading.' The post Google Play Store Now Selling Audiobooks and Boosting Content on Voice-Activated Devices appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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One of the retailer's anchor locations, in an open air shopping mall in Michigan's capital city, will close next month. The chain's co-owner cited issues with the mall's management as the driving force behind the decision. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Steve Case’s Rise of the Rest seed fund seeks to spur startup growth in “flyover country,” but race can present a starker dividing line than geography. Twenty years before J.D. Vance published his best-selling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, Harvard sociologist William Julius Wilson wrote an elegy of... Continue reading at Fast Company
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The announcement that Amazon is getting closer to opening physical stores in Germany has put a dampener on the Christmas spirit among many booksellers and retailers in general. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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One week after it found itself running out of stock of 'Obama: An Intimate Portrait,' Little, Brown says many chain stores and independents now have stock. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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An effort to organize Skyhorse Publishing has ended, for now, as pro-union workers at the independent publisher were outvoted in an election to determine whether eligible Skyhorse employees would join Local 2110 of the United Auto Workers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The World’s Only Curious George Store will be included in the redevelopment of its current Cambridge, Mass. location, and will not have to move. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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This is a transcript of the Oct. 15 edition of Working. These transcripts are lightly edited and may contain errors. For the definitive record, consult the podcast. Continue reading at Slate
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The pivot to video came upon the publishing world with a force still being grappled with, even as the video environment continues to evolve. During a panel discussion on the subject during Adweek's first Elevate summit today, Vox general manager Andrew Golis described the experience as "moving... Continue reading at AdWeek
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Book World Inc, announced on Tuesday that it is closing all 45 of its bookstores due to a drop in sales due to the consumer shift away from shopping malls, where many Book World stores are located. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Nearly a year after the largest Christian retail chain in the U.S. began closing the first of its 240 outlets due to bakruptcy, other booksellers have begun to fill in the gaps left by the retailer’s absence. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Blackwell’s is to open a new 3,000 sq ft store in the new Westgate Shopping Centre in Oxford, with a "completely different" format designed to broaden its customer base. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Over the past six episodes of Working, we’ve been talking with writers and artists about how comics get made. In this episode, which you can listen to via the player above, we’re looking at how they make their way into readers’ hands. Continue reading at Slate
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Both indie booksellers and chains are filling the gap caused by the closure of over 240 Family Christian Stores earlier this year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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