In reply to Ruth D.

That's a really good point! You're right that indie record and bookshops aren't making the music or literature. But, to me, the thing that they 'make' is the collection. You go to an indie record or bookshop because they carry interesting and off-beat bands/authors, and it's the shop (owner or employees) who put that collection together for their local customers. I think a bookshop or record shop moves over to being 'corporate' when those buying decisions are dictated by someone off in HQ somewhere.