London independent bookseller Crockatt and Powell has closed its Fulham Road branch after earlier switching the majority of its stock to remainder books. The shop is believed to have closed within the last month, but co-owner Matthew Crockatt refused to comment on when the store had shut down.

The shop opened in May last year facing the...

What is the future for independent retailers, and more particularly booksellers? Is it to be inexorably squeezed between chains and supermarkets in the terrestrial world and by the internet in the etherworld: or will the recession open up new opportunities?

While the “boom years” of the 1980s and 1990s were the years of...

There has been general outcry about Asda offering a 77% discount on the latest Delia cookbook. Let's face it though, for Asda it makes good sense. The book has become another high-profile icon and any financial hit they take will easily be offset by the significant money consumers spend across the rest of a weekly shop.

A far more...

Independents and chains could most be at risk from the economic downturn, as customers are increasingly shopping around for better prices.

Rachel Levin, data analyst at Book Marketing Limited, told delegates at this week's Books and Consumers Conference that more than 50% of shoppers see price and discounting as the key factors...