CANADIAN BOOKSELLER NICHOLAS HOARE ANNOUNCES SHOP CLOSURES IN OTTAWA, MONTREAL
March 1st, 2012
BY MJ DESCHAMPS, IN OTTAWA
AFTER a week of media speculation that independent Canadian bookseller Nicholas Hoare would be closing the doors of his namesake stores in Ottawa and Montreal, it has been confirmed that both locations will be shutting down, largely due to huge rent increases.
Operations will continue at the Nicholas Hoare flagship store in Toronto, but the branch in the Canadian capital will be closing in April, and in Montreal; July.
Hoare met with employees Thursday night (March 15) to discuss the future of the two sister stores: "The meeting ...
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