Retailers shift mindset — and sometimes size — but continue to grow across Florida

Retailers have been expanding across the region to meet the demand that comes with the spike in the number of people moving in.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 5:00 a.m. April 13, 2023
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Barnes & Noble opened a new, smaller store in Tampa this year, replacing a much larger location it had operated out of for years.
Barnes & Noble opened a new, smaller store in Tampa this year, replacing a much larger location it had operated out of for years.
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For more than 20 years, book buyers in Tampa flocked to a Barnes & Noble location on Dale Mabry Highway and Kennedy Boulevard.

It was the kind of big bookstore the chain’s shoppers had grown accustomed to over the years. Shelves of books spread out in a space that seemed big enough to house a grocery store. There was a coffee shop. Plush chairs to lounge in, tables to chat at.

 

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