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How a Local Bookstore Used Storytelling to Beat Amazon
In this episode of Small Business Success with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna visit an independent bookstore in Portland that doubled its revenue in two years without cutting prices or chasing e-commerce. Instead, owner Sarah Chen focused on curating a hyper-local identity: handwritten staff reviews, neighborhood author events, and a 'book concierge' service for local businesses. Lucas unpacks the numbers—how a $15 average transaction turned into $45 through add-ons and memberships—and Luna pushes back on whether this model can scale outside a hipster city. The conversation lands on a…
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