Bloom Archives
Tag: Caveat Emptor
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Caveat Emptor Bookstore: Still Here After 50 Years
Caveat Emptor, the used and rare bookstore on the downtown Square, celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, but it almost didn’t make it to…
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Help Our Local Stores! Come Shop the Square
’Tis the season of holiday shopping—please do some of it downtown.
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Women-Owned Businesses Are Booming on the Square
Bloomington’s downtown Square has long been home to women-owned businesses.
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Leather-Bound Classic Books In Demand at Caveat Emptor
When Eric and Catherine Brown bought Caveat Emptor Used Books in 2016, they didn’t want to make a lot of big changes to the…
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B-town Booksellers Survive Chains, Internet, and Recession
BY JESSE LOUDENBARGER National chains and online booksellers are often deemed responsible for driving independent bookshops out of business, but this hasn’t been the…