Sales Down At: Harlequin, Waterstone’s Sales at Harlequin continue to slide, down $7.9 million for the first quarter to $129 million (Canadian), with most of the weakness in North American revenues. Same-store sales at UK bookseller Waterstone’s fell 2.8 percent in the first quarter. The slide comes after what had been a strong pre-Christmas period for the chain. Torstar/Harlequin release Guardian on Waterstone’s/HMV Agency Moves On the heels of Steve Wasserman’s departure from the LA Times comes the announcement that he will move back to New York, to run the city’s office of Boston-based agency Kneerim & Williams, alongside agents […]
