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<blockquote data-quote="Trevalon Moonleirion" data-source="post: 5177998" data-attributes="member: 492"><p>I think the thing that FLGSs (and any brick and mortar bookstore really) need to provide, more than anything else, in this age of internet purchasing, is a social experience connected to the hobby (in the case of the FLGS) or some other thing that can't easily be recreated online (for bookstores in general)</p><p></p><p>My favorite local gamestore (Games Plus in Mt. Prospect, iL) is a 45 minute drive away, but brings me back several times a year (not counting my weekly trip up there for gaming) because the owners and employees know their stuff, are super friendly, and they provide an excellent venue to play or host games. The experience of actually flipping through a book that you're considering purchasing, plus the opportunity to ask real people what they think of the product (not anonymous comments who might be getting paid, or are purely spam) are things that you just can't match online.</p><p></p><p>tl;dr: Provide more than just your products--provide an <em>experience</em>, brick and mortar stores, and you'll still be viable in the future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trevalon Moonleirion, post: 5177998, member: 492"] I think the thing that FLGSs (and any brick and mortar bookstore really) need to provide, more than anything else, in this age of internet purchasing, is a social experience connected to the hobby (in the case of the FLGS) or some other thing that can't easily be recreated online (for bookstores in general) My favorite local gamestore (Games Plus in Mt. Prospect, iL) is a 45 minute drive away, but brings me back several times a year (not counting my weekly trip up there for gaming) because the owners and employees know their stuff, are super friendly, and they provide an excellent venue to play or host games. The experience of actually flipping through a book that you're considering purchasing, plus the opportunity to ask real people what they think of the product (not anonymous comments who might be getting paid, or are purely spam) are things that you just can't match online. tl;dr: Provide more than just your products--provide an [I]experience[/I], brick and mortar stores, and you'll still be viable in the future. [/QUOTE]
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