More stores broadening selection in lieu of new-store construction

Chicago Tribune: Guitars at Best Buy. Frozen pizzas at Menards. Yoga pants at Walgreens. As the economy slows and the retail industry cuts back on investment in new-store construction, the time is ripe for dusting off a tried-and-true retail strategy: Sell more products in the stores you have.

Sometimes it works. For instance, Barnes & Noble Inc. changed the bookselling business by putting coffee shops inside its stores.

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