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« on: March 17, 2011, 03:13:07 pm » |
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Found out today they are closing the store on 21st and the B.A. and leaving town for good.
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« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2011, 03:18:20 pm » |
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Found out today they are closing the store on 21st and the B.A. and leaving town for good.
That wasn't part of the original plan, I believe they were going to close 81st & Yale and leave this one open. |
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« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2011, 03:26:57 pm » |
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« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2011, 03:28:56 pm » |
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I hate to see that, it was convenient and...hmmm.... usually pretty quiet. Might be a good reason for it closing then  |
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« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2011, 03:34:57 pm » |
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« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2011, 03:51:16 pm » |
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It will be interesting to see if Barnes & Noble or Books-A-Million takes its place. I saw they shuttered their OKC store too but looks like Norman is staying open for now. That will be the lone Borders in Oklahoma..
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« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2011, 08:05:48 am » |
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It will be interesting to see if Barnes & Noble or Books-A-Million takes its place. I saw they shuttered their OKC store too but looks like Norman is staying open for now. That will be the lone Borders in Oklahoma..
I don't see any reason for either of those retailers to move into the space. The B & N and Borders business models in their stores is imperceptible to me, so my assumption is apparently there's more brick and mortar book retailers than needed in the market. |
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« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2011, 08:23:31 am » |
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WHAT? THEY ARE CLOSING THE BORDERS?
How will I get the good tequila and Canadian Bacon?
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« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2011, 08:35:44 am » |
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WHAT? THEY ARE CLOSING THE BORDERS?
How will I get the good tequila and Canadian Bacon?
For the tequila, I have this friend, and he......... maybe I should talk about this later |
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« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2011, 08:51:29 am » |
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You may like what happens on Yale.
21st is a little more difficult. Great visibility and demographics but 2 stories and access issues.
Locals picked up both locations recently from a REIT or a TIC.
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« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2011, 09:25:21 am » |
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You may like what happens on Yale.
21st is a little more difficult. Great visibility and demographics but 2 stories and access issues.
Locals picked up both locations recently from a REIT or a TIC.
Both locations have good access/visibility and demographics. Some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Tulsa are within a square mile radius of each location. |
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« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2011, 09:25:36 am » |
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You may like what happens on Yale.
21st is a little more difficult. Great visibility and demographics but 2 stories and access issues.
Locals picked up both locations recently from a REIT or a TIC.
So, you think there might be a plan for 21st or will it sit vacant and rot for 5 years? |
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« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2011, 09:39:35 am » |
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I don't see any reason for either of those retailers to move into the space. The B & N and Borders business models in their stores is imperceptible to me, so my assumption is apparently there's more brick and mortar book retailers than needed in the market.
http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/15/why-borders-failed.html* "To provide one example, a lower ranked title that sells out in a B&N will be replenished from a central warehouse within 2-3 days. The same process could take up to 16 weeks for Borders" * I'm not aware of a Border's Nook or Kindle Border's online store: let's use Amazon.com to do it for us.. kinda like IBM using Microsoft to develop competing OS ... gee, why did OS2 fail * etc |
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« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2011, 01:46:28 pm » |
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I would love for the 21st location to remain a bookstore, maybe Books-A-Million would want to open a second Tulsa location? Not likely but a local bookstore with cafe would be cool. Something like the Tattered Cover in Denver: http://www.tatteredcover.com/ |
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« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2011, 01:51:43 pm » |
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I actually spend more time in this place http://bookmans.com/ then B&N. Have done a lot of trade in with them, and it's nice to have a choice of store credit or cash. |
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