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Volume 13, Issue 1
1 January 1985
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Retail and Distribution Management
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Review Article| January 01 1985

Putting fun into bookshop design

Sue Sharples
Sue Sharples
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2396-9083
Print ISSN: 0307-2363
© MCB UP Limited
1985
Retail and Distribution Management (1985) 13 (1): 30–32.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb018260

It's a pleasure to find that retail outlets designed for grown‐ups can be fun. Claude Gill bookshops, which have been around for well over 35 years, came under new management in 1982 and soon after plans were underway to update the chain. Isherwood & Co's new design has given the units a light, fresh feel, but most of all they've added a touch of humour.

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