It’s been around four years since Beate Scherzer and Peter Kolling sat down and decided: “We’re selling our bookstore.” They wanted to take a lot of time to slowly get used to the idea of quitting. The relaxed attitude is now gone: “I’m 70 years old now, my colleague is 72. We want to stop,” says Beate Scherzer. But no suitable successor can be found. A situation that apparently describes a German-wide problem.
Bookstores are looking for successors: a visit to the Proust bookstore in Essen – Culture
