Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble's current flagship store at Union Square, Manhattan, New York City (2025) | |
| Company type | Private |
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| ISIN | US0677741094 |
| Industry | bookselling |
| Predecessor | Arthur Hinds & Company |
| Founded | 1886 (as Arthur Hinds & Company) in New York City, U.S. |
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| Headquarters | 33 E. 17th Street, New York City , U.S. |
Number of locations | 614 (As of July 2020[3]) |
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| Products | Books, maps, CDs, DVDs, toys, games, stationery, calendars, gift packs, magazines, board games, encyclopedias |
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| Revenue | US$3.552 billion (FY 2019) |
| US$38.596 million (FY 2019) | |
| US$3.769 million (FY 2019) | |
| Total assets | US$1.705 billion (FY 2019) |
| Total equity | US$444.497 million (FY 2019) |
| Owner | Elliott Investment Management |
Number of employees | 24,000 (2019) |
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| Footnotes / references [4] | |
Barnes & Noble Booksellers is an American bookseller with the largest number of retail outlets in the United States. The company operates approximately 600 retail stores across the United States.[5]
Barnes & Noble operates mainly through its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of bookstores. The company's headquarters are at 33 E. 17th Street on Union Square in New York City.[6]
After a series of mergers and bankruptcies in the American bookstore industry since the 1990s, Barnes & Noble is the United States' largest bookstore chain and the only national chain.[7][8] Previously, Barnes & Noble operated the chain of small B. Dalton Bookseller stores in malls until they announced the liquidation of the chain in 2010. The company was also one of the nation's largest manager of college textbook stores located on or near many college campuses when that division was spun off as a separate public company called Barnes & Noble Education in 2015.
The company is known by its customers for large retail outlets, many of which contain a café serving Starbucks coffee and other consumables. Most stores sell books, magazines, newspapers, DVDs, graphic novels, gifts, games, toys, music, and Nook e-readers and tablets. The company offers publishing and self-publishing services.
- ^ Alter, Alexandra; Hsu, Tiffany (June 7, 2019). "Barnes & Noble Is Sold to Hedge Fund After a Tumultuous Year". The New York Times. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
- ^ "Barnes & Noble Founder Retires, Leaving His Imprint On Bookstore's History". Weekend Edition Saturday. NPR. May 7, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
- ^ "With stores closed, Barnes & Noble does some redecorating". The Baltimore Sun. July 10, 2020.
- ^ "Barnes & Noble". wallmine. July 29, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
- ^ "Quick Facts About Barnes & Noble". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ^ "National Sponsorships and Donations". Archived from the original on January 21, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
- ^ DePillis, Lydia (July 10, 2013). "Barnes & Noble's troubles don't show why bookstores are doomed. They show how they'll survive". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
it's now the only national bookstore chain in the country
- ^ Townsend, Matt (July 10, 2013). "Bookstores Not Dead Yet as Riggio Bets on Barnes & Noble". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on September 16, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
the last national bookstore chain