Another Canadian comics store closes

Burnaby Now reports that a local comics store is closing down and if it continues, will only be as an online store:

A longtime Burnaby comic book store is saying goodbye.

Metropolis Comics, owned by Jonny Botsch, has announced it will no longer have a physical store after the store's landlord made plans to rent out the entire building the comic book store currently resides in on Kingsway.

In a Facebook post, Bostch said the store began looking at potential new places to move the physical shop but came to the conclusion they would be closing the location instead.

He added that each space they looked at had challenges, which made it hard to find a new landing spot.

And there goes another brick-and-mortar specialty store, in an era where it looks like it's increasingly difficult to run these businesses effectively. Too bad, but let's also remember that poor quality of the mainstream plays a major part in the decline of business too.