I can't comment on Switzerland, but in the US local bookstores are thriving: "Between 2009 and 2015, the number of independent bookstores grew by 35 percent."

I can't comment on Switzerland, but in the US local bookstores are thriving: "Between 2009 and 2015, the number of independent bookstores grew by 35 percent." https://www.npr.org/2018/03/29/598053563/why-the-number-of-independent-bookstores-increased-during-the-retail-apocalypse https://www.npr.org/2018/03/29/598053563/why-the-number-of-i...