Powell's
| Powell's Books, Inc. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1971 |
| Seat | Portland , Oregon , United States |
| management | Emily Powell |
| Number of employees | 530 |
| sales | $ 50 million (2016) |
| Branch | Book trade , retail |
| Website | https://www.powells.com/ |
Powell's (short for Powell's Books ) is an American book trade company based in Portland ( Oregon ), which operates five stores in the state of Oregon. Powell's has been using its own online shop as a further sales channel since 1994, with which the company was already active in online mail order before amazon.com . The chain's offer includes new and used books.
The bookseller's flagship store is called Powell's City of Books and is located on Burnside Street in downtown Portland. Powell's City of Books is the largest independent bookstore in the world, according to company information, with a retail space of 6,317 m² . It covers a block of streets and has around a million books.
history
The company was founded in 1971 by Walter Powell as an antiquarian bookshop . Together with his son Michael Powell, who joined the management of Powell's Books in 1979, he developed a business concept that u. a. intended to expand the previous range to include brand-new books and to offer used and new books side by side on the shelf.
In 1982 Michael Powell took over the bookstore from his father. Under his leadership, the company began setting up branches. In 1984 Powell's second office opened in a mall in Beaverton , seven miles west of Portland.
Since 2010, the family business has been run by the third generation of Emily Powell.
Web links
- Powell's Official Company Website
- Friederich Mielke: A book mecca. In: The time . February 2, 1996, accessed March 11, 2019.
- Stefanie Bisping: A block full of books. In: Welt am Sonntag . May 16, 2004, accessed March 11, 2019.
- Kerstin Ruskowski: Powell's Books in Portland. Bookworms paradise. In: Deutschlandfunk . February 21, 2016, accessed March 11, 2019.
- Literary Hub: Interview with a Bookstore: Powell's Books in Portland. (English) In: The Guardian . April 4, 2016, accessed March 11, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ About us. Powell's website, accessed March 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Philipp Alvares de Souza Soares: How America's Largest Bookstore Defies Amazon. In: Manager Magazin. March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Judith Rosen: Lessons from Powell's Books. How one large indie is rethinking everything. In: Publishers Weekly. April 4, 2011, accessed March 11, 2019 .
- ^ Powell's City of Books. Powell's website, accessed March 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Stefanie Bisping: A block full of books. In: Welt am Sonntag. May 16, 2004, accessed March 11, 2019 .
- ^ Powell's Books, Inc. History. In: fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .