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Indie bookshops 'buck the trend' as UK store numbers stay high

NAMPA / DPA
2025-01-13
London (PA Media/dpa) - Britain's independent bookshops are "bucking the trend of high street decline," according to a trade group, with last year's number of stores remaining near a recent 10-year high. The UK and Ireland had 1,052 independent bookshops at the end of 2024, down only slightly on the year before when the figure was 1,063, said the Booksellers Association. The sector has enjoyed a resurgence in recent years, driven in part by Covid......
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