Expands downstairs area
Bookstore stretches out
Ever-increasing business in
the University Bookstore has
prompted the store’s most ex
tensive remodeling in 15 years.
The bookstore now does $5
million worth of business yearly,
says general manager Jim Wil
liams.
The best way to meet this in
creasing demand was to ex
pand some sections of the store
and remodel others, Williams
says.
The greatest change took
place in the art and architecture
department. The expanded
department was moved from the
rear of the main floor to the
basement.
Not only does this shift give
the art and architecture section
more room, it allows for a wider
range of products and better
specialized service, Williams
says.
Relocating the section trig
gered changes in other areas
that made “more modern mer
chandising techniques’’ possi
ble in the store.
The school and office sup
plies department and the elec
tronics section have been
moved to the rear of the store,
creating more room on the main
floor for elaborate displays like
those in larger department
stores, he says.
The changes on the main
floor have opened up space for
both the sporting goods section
and the T-shirt section. But,
more importantly, all the aisles
on the main floor have been
widened, Williams says.
The beginning of each new
term can be a hectic and
crowded time in the store's
book department upstairs. But
Williams says changes have
been made upstairs that should
help.
Employees of the general
book section have been moved
from the middle of the floor to
the front to allow for more ef
ficient service, Williams says.
Text book section employees
have taken over the area vacat
ed by the general book staff,
and the text book section has
been expanded — in both space
and sales area. Aisles upstairs
have been widened, too.
“Throughout the store there
is hardly an area that hasn't
been touched,” Williams says.
The remodeling costs were
minimal. Moving the art and ar
chitecture department to the
basement was a simple
procedure, and the entire
remodeling venture cost
$60,000, Williams says. The
money came from cash re
serves that had been set aside
for remodeling.
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