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
Yet2.com Polaroid. Together the two started the company. Originally intended to be an online marketplace only, yet2 changed strategies to provide more consulting services and offline project work. Since its founding the company has been provided services to Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies include Boeing, Ford, Monsanto and NTT among others. Until 2016, yet2 also included yet2Ventures, a secondary investment firm run by DuPont and Phil Stern. In 2016, yet2Ventures became Chartline Capital Partners and effectively separated operations from yet2.com. The company was founded with original investments from Venrock Capital, Procter & Gamble, DuPont, Honeywell, Caterpillar, NTT Leasing, Bayer and