Indigo Books and Music Opens First US Bookstore - The Digital Reader

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere when he heard clapping and cheering and oohhing and aahhing. Following all the hullabaloo took our intrepid kitty traveler to The Digital Reader site. With no digging at all he found a post about Indigo Books and Music.

How will they do in the U.S.?

According to The Digital Reader site owner Nate Hoffelder, Canadian bookseller Indigo Books and Music has opened the company's first U.S. store. The new store opened in Short Hills, New Jersey. Indigo stores sell more than books and call the stores "cultural department stores." In addition to books, the U.S. store will sell toys, home decor and life style products.  There will also be a cafe. Indigo plans 3 to 5 more U.S. The post includes a link to an announcement about the new store's opening.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... Indigo does sound like a department store to this little kitty."

Note: This is a shortish-length post. Bring a cup of tea for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Indigo Books and Music

Amazon's mega warehouse gridlocks traffic in N.J. towns - nj.com

Panzer planned to take a leisurely trip around in the Catosphere today. However, our intrepid kitty explorer had barely hit the Catophere when he heard all kinds of horns honking and shouting and general noisiness. Following all the ruckus took him to the nj.com site.

Cristina Rojas stated in the post, Amazon is in danger of being sued by Mayor David Fried of Robbinsville, New Jersey.

Why?

Because Amazon has too many warehouse workers there.

There are 4,000 warehouse workers (and an unspecified number of  holiday season workers) at the 1.2 million square foot warehouse.  An Amazon warehouse worker works four 10 hour shifts per week. That means at shift start and end half the workers are coming to the warehouse and half are leaving the warehouse. This is causing traffic problems in the surrounding areas as workers drive to and from freeway entrances. If an answer to the traffic can't be found, the mayor will sue to close the warehouse.

I'll help. I've got extra room and the Panzermobile is quiet..

Panzer says, "I wonder if they could put an airport runway on the roof of the warehouse. Then, they could use airplanes to fly out the workers 300 - 400 at a time. Oh ... Wait ... That wouldn't work ... Too much noise. Sorry. Can't help."

Note: A cup of tea and two muffins should be enough for your read today. If you want to follow the link inside the post to another post about the mayor's threat to sue, you'll need another cup of tea.

To read the post, tootle over to Amazon warehouse