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Independent Bookshops 'Closing At Rate Of Two A Week'Posted at 7:35AM Wednesday 10 Feb 2010 Independent booksellers are struggling, with official figures revealing that shops closed at a rate of almost two every week over the past year.With independents blaming increased competition from the internet, supermarkets, a declining British high street and the credit crunch for their troubles, figures from the Booksellers Association show that 102 independent stores closed in 2009, leaving just 1,289 left in the UK – a decline of 27% since 1999.
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