“Looks Good On Paper”, Retail Magazine, December 2000
A broad-ranging article about the then-current state of the book trade, and some ideas about possible futures.
Tag Archives: Fran Stanley
“Blue Star regrouping mooted as Whitcoulls battles”, National Business Review, 17th March 2000
Chris Baty sent us a copy of this National Business Review article discussing the fortunes and dynamics of Whitcoulls and associated businesses.
“My Word” article, Unlimited magazine, 1st July 1999
An article about the possibility that the existence and behaviour of online-only book retailers may perversely have helped physical bookstores, by giving them the push they needed to examine their…
“Whitcoulls: more than just books in market share war” article by Karyn Scherer, New Zealand Herald, 27th May 1999
An interview with Fran Stanley, then the new general manager of Whitcoulls, about the challenges facing the company and the industry, and how she planned to tackle them.
