While Carturesti started as a pretty well-stocked bookstore chain, the stock of actual books has plunged at most of its locations over the last decade (like has

While Carturesti started as a pretty well-stocked bookstore chain, the stock of actual books has plunged at most of its locations over the last decade (like has often happened across Europe), including the location in the linked article. Sure, there are still books lining the walls, but vastly fewer than there used to be, and now there are gaping holes on shelves. Eventually the owners found that they were making most of their profit off not books but what might be termed "hipster accoutrement": vinyl records, imported Japanese tea sets, boutique wines, bicycle decorations, etc.