Booksellers at Laurelwood opened in Memphis, TN over the weekend in a location formerly occupied by Davis-Kidd, a subsidiary of the now-bankrupt Joseph-Beth Booksellers. Neil van Uum, Joseph-Beth’s owner when the company went into bankruptcy, bought the Davis-Kidd store (but not the name) during a liquidation auction with the help of Laurelwood Shopping Center landlord Tom Prewitt, and invested an additional $500,000 in renovating and reorganizing the space, according to the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. The children’s section is now 50 percent larger, and the store employs 45 staffers. Bartleby’s Books in Wilmington, VT, which had been severely damaged by flooding during […]
