Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, North Carolina will be sold at the end of month, store founder Nancy Olson announced late last week. The new owner, according to the Raleigh News-Observer, is Lisa Robie Poole, married to Waste Industries CEO Lonnie C. “Ven” Poole III (who is also a benefactor of North Carolina State University). Olson, who decided to sell the bookstore last November, will stay on for three months as part of a transitional period, with the sale officially closing on July 31. Poole told a crowd of store customers Friday she has no plans to change […]
