This was originally published in mid-January, but it just crossed my desk this morning, Over at InvestorPlace Bret Kerwell lays out the figures that show B&N is just one...
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B&N Stores Are Forbidden From Ordering Supplies Before the End of April – Is That Normal?
Many are watching Barnes & Noble right now. We're waiting for the next shoe to drop after B&N's cryptic report on its holiday revenue, and I think it just...
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Barnes & Noble Launches Ad Portal in B&N Press
Barnes & Noble sure likes to send mixed messages. They may have stopped promoting the Nook with in-store signage, but at the same time the B&N Press team is...
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Barnes & Noble Removes Nook Signage From Stores
When Barnes & Noble started taking the Nook kiosks out of its stores this summer, they moved the hardware to the customer service desk and put up big signs...
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Thalia and Mayersche to Merge, Will Be Germany’s Biggest Bookstore Chain
Barnes & Noble is avoiding talking about its finances, but the news from Europe is more positive. Lesen.net and other sites report that two German bookstore chains have announced...
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Barnes & Noble Won’t Say How Much They Sold in the 2018 Holiday Season
A lot of people have been eagerly awaiting B&N's financial report on its holiday sales. The consensus both among its employees and pundits is that B&N will have a...
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Barnes & Noble Releases New 7″ Nook Tablet After Black Friday
Barnes & Noble has defied conventional wisdom, and is launching its new Android tablet two weeks into the holiday season rather than weeks before. They've just announced a new...
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Drunk Take: Amazon Should Buy B&N
About five or six years ago there was a popular drunk take that Walmart should buy Barnes & Noble as a bulwark against Amazon. I call it a drunk...
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You Can Read and Return a Book to an Airport Bookstore
A reader has asked me to find out more about the airport bookstore "read and return' program mentioned in today's link post, and I am happy to oblige. The...
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Barnes & Noble’s Revenue Fell 2.5% in Fiscal Q2 2019
Barnes & Noble just released their last quarterly report before entering the holiday season, and the news was not good. Revenues fell 2.5%. Total sales for the second quarter were $771...
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Barnes & Noble’s First Prototype Store in NJ: Less Books, More Toys
The second of B&N's latest string of "concept stores" opened on Tuesday in New Jersey. It looks quite similar to the one that opened outside Chicago last month. The...
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Barnes & Noble to Open 8,630 Square Foot Store in Fairfax, Virginia
Barnes & Noble's next half-hearted attempt to revive its fortunes involves opening the type of store it was closing only a decade ago. Washington Business Journal reports that B&N...
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Barnes & Noble was Almost Bought by WHSmith – Wait, What?
When ex-CEO Demos Parneros filed suit against Barnes & Noble in August, he mentioned that another bookseller nearly bought B&N earlier this year. Now the WSJ is reporting that...
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B&N Nook Tablet 10.1″ Costs $129, Will Ship Next Week
Remember that ten-inch Chinese Android tablet that showed up on the FCC website bearing the Nook brand? Barnes & Noble just launched it as the Nook Tablet 10.1". It...
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B&N Counter-Sues Former CEO Parneros
The latest chapter in the three-month-old soap opera which began with B&N firing CEO Demos Parneros arrived today in the form of a counter-suit. From Reuters: Barnes & Noble...
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