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Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

UK Bookstores permanent location in the new Student Center opened Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Photo by Rick Childress | Staff

UK bookstore now in its permanent home in the partially opened Student Center

Rick Childress April 24, 2018

After years of construction, the UK bookstore moved into its permanent location.On Tuesday, the UK bookstore opened its new two-story, 33,000-square foot home in the heart of the Student Center.The store's...

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Why Kennedy’s is closing and what the Kennedy family will miss most

Rick Childress December 12, 2017

Kennedy’s is closing its doors for good on Dec. 22, in large part because of the internet.General manager Carol Kennedy Behr said her father made the store successful because it had the most used textbooks—a...

Freshman Lauryn McNamara searches for books at Kennedys Bookstore in Lexington, Ky. on Jan. 13, 2016. Photo by Alex Otte | Staff.

UK bookstore’s price matching could impact Kennedy’s business

Marjorie Kirk January 14, 2016

To combat heavy competition with online retailers like Amazon and Chegg, the UK Bookstore will implement a new price matching initiative for textbooks.Students who show a lower cost of the exact edition,...

Freshman business major, Jesse Hart, and Sophomore marketing major, Sarah Miller, browse the new school supply section in Kennedys Bookstore in Lexington, Ky. on Tuesday, April 27, 2013.

Editorial: Privatized UK Bookstore could harm Kennedy’s

January 13, 2016

Kennedy’s bookstore is facing a new financial threat from the UK Bookstore. In its second semester as operator of the campus bookstore, Barnes and Noble is instituting a price matching policy which will...

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