Bookstore Sales Down 4%
by Staff -- Publishers Weekly, 1/20/2003
The disappointing holiday sales reported by the nation's bookstore chains were reflected in figures compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau for November. According to the Bureau, total bookstore sales fell 4.8% in the month, to $1.17 billion; sales for the entire retail segment were up 2%. For the first 11 months of 2002, bookstore sales increased 2.2%, to $14.86 billion, while sales for all of retail were ahead 3.2%.
