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Internet Sites Have a Toehold Over U.S. Shops for Climbers

International Press

Carlos Barrabes put his family’s climbing-gear shop on the Internet five years ago, looking for a bigger market than the tiny mountain hamlet of Benasque, Spain (pop. 1,000). But he never thought success in the U.S. market would boomerang. The U.S. accounts for about 25% of Mr. Barrabes’s €8 million ($7.8 million) in annual...
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