We think things are pretty great here at Half Price Books, and we love it when other people think so, too. That’s why we were so excited when our president and CEO, Sharon Anderson Wright, was featured in Fortune Magazine!
Hear first-hand from Sharon as she tells you how her family started Half Price Books, became the largest family-owned new and used book store chain, and is “Thriving in an Amazon World.”
“Don’t tell Sharon Anderson Wright that bookstores are a dying industry. The 56-year-old CEO of Half Price Books took a disorganized collection of stores co-founded by her mom—they started by selling used paperbacks and hardcovers out of a dingy former laundromat—and transformed the operation into a chain that is defying a seemingly inexorable tide. While bookstores are shuttered around the country and industry revenue has decreased an average of 3.2% a year over the past five years, Half Price Books is growing. It opens about five stores a year, with revenues rising from $50 million in 1995 to $240 million in 2013.”
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Any though on opening any locations in Los Angeles? I miss HPB! 😦
Hi Jess, thanks for the suggestion! We miss you, too. We’ll pass it to our real estate team. ~sw
Come to liousiana please near Barksdale AFB one of the best chain stores ever!!!
Just read the fortune magazine story and enjoyed it! I cannot go to Dallas with out arranging for a trip to THE MOTHERSHIP. My home town HPB is great…your corporate HQ branch? Out of this world! Please keep doing what you are doing!
Half Price Books,
We have had several book stores in Traverse City, Mi. but none of them do real good. Get your Real Estate Team to check out Traverse City,Mi. I would love to see one of your stores here!
Susan