Companies: Indigo, Facebook & Twitter Industry: Literature & Social Media Social Media, like technology, is changing constantly. If you go on a vacation for a week, it seems that your computer, TV, phone or any other personal device becomes obsolete. Social media is not much different. New channels are emerging all the time whether they are successful like Snapchat or… Read more »
Organizaton: Words Worth Books Industry: Independent book retailer Contact: David Worsley david@wordsworthbooks.com Web References: Words Worth Books, BookManager, YouTube A TALE OF TWO DEVELOPMENTS I remember the moment I thought my favourite bookstore was doomed. In the late 1990s I asked the cashier at Words Worth Books — an independent bookshop in the heart of Waterloo, Ontario — how long… Read more »
Organization Name: Indigo Industry: Retail, Online Retail Name of Contact: Heather Reisman CEO Web References: Indigo, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Globe and Mail, CBC Established in 1996 with a vision of being a booklovers’ cultural department store, Indigo opened it’s first store in Burlington, Ontario in 1997. Growing from there it merged with Chapters in 2001 to become the largest… Read more »
