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Discussion on: Updating A 25-Year-Old Website

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Matthieu Cneude

That's a great display of problem solving skills, instead of trying to force the use of the latest trends because it's the answer to every possible problem. Nice!

I'm curious: do you think the dated website was really the cause of their difficulties? Do they know why they could survive and thrive again?

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Mads Stoumann • Edited

Thank you! Fantask has a store in Copenhagen (actually, it's the worlds oldest existing comicbook store, founded in 1971) - and like other bookstores, they saw a large proportion of their sales switch to online. And then, becuase their online store was dated and malfunctioning, they lost a huge potential ... and saw a decline in revenue, both online and in-store. Since the new website was launched, they've increased their online sales significantly, but having a bookstore nowadays is not a lucrative business.