Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: H James Morris who wrote (3936)	5/4/1998 7:12:00 PM
From: Candle stick	Respond to of 164684

news.com MORE ON BORDERS AT THE ABOVE LINK...........;^)

To: H James Morris who wrote (3936)	5/5/1998 7:07:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Gary, are you suggesting that Amzn customers wouldn't leave their PC's because of bad weather, or maybe Amzn didn't get to Borders until April. H, I suspect there was a general slow down in book sales in April for all operations. Books are seasonal. People read them more during winter months when spending a lot of time outside would not be comfortable. Spring comes and out door activities increase and time for reading decrease. Whatever happened it seems that Waldenbooks seems to be the first to be affected negatively, during America's insatiable appetite for books. This reflects a trend in retail land based sales. The "hot spots" use to be the malls. People are changing. They prefer not to go to a mall where the traffic takes them 20 minutes to get in and out of the parking lot. Strip plazas, free standing superstores and similar retail outlets have growing sales. Mall stores as a rule have decreasing sales. All the Waldens are in the malls. Glenn