Today’s Retail Landscape: Insights from the Bookstore Salesfloor

What does the publishing supply chain look like from the retail end of the aisle? 

This March Lunch & Learn brings the bookseller perspective front and center, with insights from leaders working directly on today’s salesfloor.

Join ALAN DUBOSE, Senior Vice President of Planning & Data Analytics at Books-A-Million, and ROXANNE J. COADY, founder and owner of RJ Julia Booksellers, for a candid conversation about current market dynamics and what they mean for publishers, distributors, and supply chain partners.

Topics will include:

• Current challenges and opportunities facing retailers
• What booksellers wish publishers better understood—or did differently
• Trends shaping inventory decisions, assortment, and store performance
• How retail realities ripple upstream through the supply chain

As with all BISG Supply Chain Lunch & Learns, the session will be interactive, with time for discussion and audience questions. Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of how retail conditions influence decisions across the publishing ecosystem.

About the Supply Chain Lunch & Learn Series

BISG's Supply Chain Lunch & Learns are always highly interactive, so you'll have a chance to contribute at the session. If you have any specific questions you'd like us to cover in this Lunch & Learn, you may send them in advance to info@bisg.org or simply add them to the chat during the session.

To allow participants to speak—and not just type questions—these sessions are conducted in a Zoom meeting (rather than webinar) format. Please take a moment to ensure that your microphone is muted until you'd like to contribute. While we encourage you to attend the live session, the conversation will be recorded and shared with registrants after the session takes place.