[URBAN NOTE] On the closing of the Indigo bookstore in Kingston, Ontario

[rfmcdonald]

I was saddened to learn on my Facebook friends list from Andrew that the Indigo bookstore of Kingston, Ontario, located in the middle of the downtown on 259 Princess Street, is set to close. CKWS TV had a brief report about the closing of this store come the 29th of June, ending its 16 years of operation.

The company says two's a crowd.... when it comes to running both its Indigo and Chapters stores in Kingston.

Drew McGowen/Indigo:

"We are in Kingston, it's a smaller market and there is two large format stores, there's the chapters and there's the Indigo- and I don't think two well offs could be sustained in the market, I think two are pretty excessive."

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Downtown Kingston has faced its share of high-profile closures in recent months.... from other big chains like Empire Theatre, to small but popular retail fixtures like Olden Green and Turk's antiques and furniture.

Indigo says winter foot traffic cut into its sales.