However, most of the time, people are inclined to spend money on products like clothing displayed on mannequins in shop windows, Indian Ali's flatbreads with the scent of baked flour, and the floral-scented bottled perfumes in Saint Laurent's experience store.
Buying books at physical bookstores... this kind of choice seems old-fashioned, struggling to keep up with the times.
Compared to the pages exuding the scent of ink and wood pulp, people are starting to prefer e-reading.
The heyday of physical books, when everyone on the street carried a pocketbook, is long gone, and Waterstones, which has a strong partnership with Scholastic Group, is the financially best-performing large physical bookstore globally. However, its annual shipment share is decreasing year by year, to the point where it needs to sell coffee to increase revenue and cut costs.
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