I think it's a tremendous asset to have Barnes & Noble right here in TV and would hate to see it close as has been done in some places.
One thing I think Barnes & Noble here could do to increase business is put in college bookstore college logo apparel and gear etc., as over 600 college bookstores across the nation are run by them. I think people in TV like to wear their college logo gear and would enjoy buying it locally, and college logo gear makes great gifts to the kids and grandkids.
I'd like it if B-N here in TV could stock, for example, Big Ten logo apparel (and that would cover many alumni here in TV), and then other NCAA team logo apparel could be ordered online and into the store for pickup. It says on their BNCollege.com website that "We operate more than 600 campus bookstores nationwide for such top academic institutions as Harvard, Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, Indiana University, Georgia Tech, and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System..."....so they certainly have the logo apparel to sell. By having some of it in stock here, let's say Big 10 apparel, customers could see the actual garments and see how they run for size, fit and fabric weight if they wanted to order a logo item not stocked in this store.
Just a suggestion if business is lagging (I hope not). The store is a huge asset to TV and people on the lifestyle preview.....shows there's no need to go elsewhere to access major retailers we're familiar with in other states.
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