bookstores

2 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 21, 2026 by James Daunt · across every show →

Everything said about bookstores, oldest first

Aug 21, 2026 positive
Opinion
Daunt: Physical bookstores offer a superior discovery experience to Amazon
“A book's, Bought in a bookstore, discovered in a bookstore is a better book. Same book, but it's a better book. And also it's just nice and enjoyable. These are places in which people will want to continue to come.”
James Daunt Aug 21, 2026 ▶ 8:43 The Barnes & Noble comeback, from the CEO who did it (James Daunt)
Aug 21, 2026 negative
Insight
Daunt: Centralized data kills bookstores despite working elsewhere in retail
“And then we use the data to inf to impose uniformity on the stores. And that really is the death knell for us. It works in almost every other branch of retail. It doesn't work in books.”
James Daunt Aug 21, 2026 ▶ 6:40 The Barnes & Noble comeback, from the CEO who did it (James Daunt)
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