Word: mayersohn
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Store Marketing Manager Heather Gain said owner Jeffrey Mayersohn ’73 bought the machine in pursuit of a broader vision for the store—which he took over from long-time owner Frank Kramer last October. “He would like to provide customers with every book ever written,” Gain said...
Kramer recently sold the Harvard Book Store to Jeff Mayersohn ’73 and Linda Seamonson of Wellesley, Mass. But Kramer remains a well-known member of the Cambridge and Harvard Square community...
...consumer spending nationwide.“I have to say that thanks to the loyalty of our customer base and the real emphasis on buying locally, there is no question that sales are down somewhat, but not the sharp retail decline reported [elsewhere],” said Jeffrey Mayersohn ’73, owner of the Harvard Book Store. “We do one year comparisons on a daily basis, and our sales are down somewhat, but on particular days, they are actually ahead of where we were last year. It’s a mixed picture...
...Mayersohn said he believes that the book store fulfills a particular need in the community that a larger chain store could not. The Harvard Book Store holds community events with prominent authors that regularly attract over 300 people...
While acknowledging that the Internet and chain stores are stiff competition, Mayersohn said that the book store provides an “enormous amount of customer service” and that while independent stores have suffered from competition in recent years, “the pendulum is swinging back...