shot: I'd just have to say, no, they had a shot, according to The Guardian. You know the sort of things people used to say to me about me personally that I was personally responsible for closing down far too many independent bookshops but the truth is Waterstones, when it started, was the smallest independent bookseller you could possibly imagine ... I mean, we had nothing. I didn't feel guilty, he says. We had self-confidence and a very clear offer, and wonderful staff and a wonderful business model. What we did have was self-confidence and a very clear offer, and wonderful staff and a wonderful business model. We weren't sympathetic Tim Waterstone Waterstone, who opened his first bookshop in Old Brompton Road, London, no longer has a stake or role in the business, but adds that it initially gained success in part due to its late opening hours and opening on Sundays.
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