Follett leadership's comment to the Wall Street journal about Amazon is DUMB! and noone believes them. Exact quote "Follett, naturally, says it welcomes the competition from Amazon, particularly if it results in lower costs to students" (without saying why it doesn't cut costs for them already), yet this is an area where Amazon can excel and grow.
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Stanford Student Store ‘demands divestment’ from the Bookstore - - The Student Store’s profits are directly reinvested into student life via the Stanford Student Enterprises, while the Bookstore’s revenues are sent to Follett Corporation, a Chicago-based company that provides a variety of educational products to schools. Only a small portion of the Bookstore’s profits go back to the University itself,
In fact Follett doesn't lower prices for students, they actually add on to the retail price for COPR and freight add ons.
WOW, they are really going after us. Let's see what they can do
http://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-makes-a-push-on-college-campuses-1422825521