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Maybe it was... I'm not sure I buy your excuse... but even if what you say is true...
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Grow up.
My wife was working in McNally Robinson's accounting closet at the time. The current owner still owes me money for engine parts. I stand by what I wrote.
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...at a time when book retail was slumping...
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This I can agree with. I was already on my third ebook reader in ten years (starting with the Palm Pilot), and they were getting better all the time. My wife had a Windows tablet. To me at least, the future wasn't looking good for book stores.
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and a recession was around the corner
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A recession is ALWAYS around the corner. As people were already pointing out back in 2014, "We are statistically closer to the next recession than to the last one."
In any case, a recession would have affected the Portage Place store too. More so, since at the time it was filled more with high-end boutique stores
Or have I misunderstood this thread, and it's really about the post-recession roaring success of Portage Place?
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they still made a poor choice moving into PP and taking on a lease like that.
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Again, the location was a success. It's the Toronto location that was the fiasco.
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They also burned up a lot of good will by leaving downtown
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With you personally. But not with all the people who found it easier to get to Polo Park.