I guess this is why Forbes published this article about BN's strategy to turn around its decline. This go local mantra. Might work for some restaurants, and some indie bookstores but I dont see this working for a former corporate behemoth. Corporations are about making money. And so are hedge funds; and BN is owned by a hedge fund. Furthermore, BN doesn't have the staff to implement this strategy successfully because, in my experience, the managers are often dumber than the book sellers. Now how are they going to come up with new, let alone innovative, ideas to save this Titanic? The article from Forbes reads like paid promotion for BN. Another example of BN wasting resources.