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...Kramer says his strong belief in helping local businesses compete with chains stems in part from his own trying experience as a local business owner competing against a non-local store...
...Gesturing to a framed New York Times review of his former Harvard Book Store Café, Kramer speaks enthusiastically about its Newbury Street location and menu prepared by a “world-class chef...
...According to Kramer, however, the final nail in the coffin came not from Waterstone’s but his own landlord, who refused to renew the lease on his store...
...landlord had been supportive, we would have been able to survive,” Kramer says. “The customer base was there—they wanted to support...
...café provides an example of just how critical a supportive landlord can be in helping local stores survive. The experience was not lost on Kramer, who says that one of Cambridge Local First’s main objectives is “to encourage [property] owners to fill their spaces with local businesses...