Publishers slate discount chains.
This article reports that excessive discounting over Christmas only served to reduce margin for high street specialist publishers and wholesalers in Great Britain. Waterstone's Booksellers Ltd. gross margin fell by 1.2% in December 2005, reflecting its promotional led activity over Christmas. Operat...
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1/20/2006
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