Detroit's Marwil Bookstore or purchasing them on the internet from online competitors, such as Amazon and eBay. After Marwil had been in business at WSU for some 59 years, Brian Kramer had seen textbook prices nearly triple over a period of two decades. According to a 2005 survey conducted by the National Association of College Students, about 25 percent of students had begun purchasing textbooks online. Another drastic change was when Wayne State opened a $6 million, 28,000-square-foot Barnes & Noble college bookstore right across the street in 2002. Marwil didn't have the fancy store front, cafe or music and apparel that was
Dot com party reward loyalty and participation among their members, sign up new members, and channel promotional goods and services from their paid sponsors. With a return of venture capital investment following the great recession, startups such as Airbnb began to host Internet office parties once again, to celebrate office moves and product launches. One innovation of early dot com parties, e-mail invite lists and online RSVP lists, continued and has become a key feature of online event marketing, "events" features of online social networking services such as Facebook, and event promotion services. Websites that list upcoming parties and events, sometimes in exchange