When Nina Barrett (Medill ‘87) expanded Bookends & Beginnings earlier this year, she hoped the bookstore’s new window on Sherman Avenue would increase its visibility. By late March, the window...

Despite the decline of independent bookstores in the past decade, the country has recently undergone an “indie bookstore renaissance,” said Nina Barrett, owner of Bookends & Beginnings. Barrett...

Evanston resident Matt Cunningham examined how the expansion of online-retailer Amazon could impact the future of brick-and-mortar stores in a discussion Tuesday night. In the event hosted by local...