Things have come a long way since I was a teenager. I remember the days when store managers viewed teen shoppers as nothing but potential shoplifters and watched us like a hawk as we browsed their wares. OK, I’m sure there still are stores like that, but Borders at least recognizes that teens are great customers and is rewarding them with an expanded section in many of their stores. Read the full article from the Wall Street Journal online here.
Of course, it helps that there all these great writers creating awesome books for the teen market right now. One of them is Ellen Hopkins whose Twitter post alerted me to the story. So, thanks, Ellen!
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