Barnes & Noble has struggled to contend with competition from Amazon in recent years, and the bookseller announced last year that it planned to close a third of its stores over the next decade. Huseby tells the Times that the service is a test, adding, "It's our attempt to link the digital and physical." Amazon announced Wednesday that it plans to broaden the reach of its own same-day shipping program, expanding from four cities to 10. Beginning today, the Internet giant and the struggling retailer will offer same-day delivery to customers in parts of New York and California. Google and Barnes & Noble are working together to compete with Amazon on same-day delivery of books, The New York Times reports."With a planned reinvestment into the center valued between $30 (to) $50 million dollars to be unveiled in the near future, we are confident the center's vacancy rate will be in the low single-digits very soon," Shallcross said.The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. Since its acquisition, Algonquin Commons saw its vacancy rate drop to 11% from 25%, said Jason Shallcross, the village's community development director, adding that Red Mountain Group is doing "an incredible job." The California-based developer plans to invest about $30 million into the shopping center, through renovation and re-tenanting, the village of Algonquin said. Saturday will feature a visit by Victoria Thompson, another mystery author from the Chicago area.īarnes & Noble is one of several new businesses on track to open at Algonquin Commons, which Red Mountain Group Inc. Wednesday with a ribbon cutting with Chicago-area mystery authors Lori Rader-Day, known for "Death at Greenway" and "Little Pretty Things," and Susanna Calkins of the Lucy Campion series. The opening of the Algonquin location will be marked at 10 a.m.
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