Barnes and Noble has a brutal holiday season last year and they promised that in 2018, things would be different. The bookseller has just reported that comparable store sales increased 4.0% between Black Friday and New Year’s Day and 1.3% for the nine-week holiday period ending December 29, 2018, making the best comparable sales performance for B&N in several years. They … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble finally experiences holiday growth
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Beware of phishing emails about your B&N Nook account
Over the course of the past few weeks there has been an inundation of phishing emails from Barnes and Noble and Nook accounts. They emails are imploring users to change their passwords and even provide phone numbers. The emails are not from B&N, and instead trying to get access to your account for nefarious purposes. Most major companies have a good fraud department that … [Read more...] about Beware of phishing emails about your B&N Nook account
Barnes and Noble offers tons of books for 50% off
In order to drive traffic to their 600 bookstores and generate meaningful revenue for the holiday season B&N has just announced that over 100 books, including some of the year’s hottest gift books and new releases, will be 50% off starting today, through Monday, December 24th. The 50% off selection covers a wide range of genres, and includes gift books such as Justin … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble offers tons of books for 50% off
Barnes and Noble releases Nook Tablet 7 2018 Edition
Barnes and Noble released the Nook Tablet 7 last year and it is considered a very budget device. It primarily completed against the Amazon Fire 7 and appealed to people invested in the B&N ecosystem. Today the nation's largest bookseller announced a second generation NOOK 7 tablet with expanded storage to carry your virtual library, and an updated reading experience just in … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble releases Nook Tablet 7 2018 Edition
Barnes and Noble Plans to Open 15 New Stores in 2019
Barnes and Noble plans on opening up to 15 new stores in 2019. Some of these are existing stores that are closing down due to the high price of a new lease and others will be new areas. Carl Hauch, VP of stores said that roughly one-quarter of the 2019 stores be in new locations. Many of the new stores that are going to be opening will be smaller in size. Existing bookstores … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Plans to Open 15 New Stores in 2019
Book sales decreased by 3% at Barnes and Noble
Barnes and Noble has disclosed that this summer they saw a decline in book sales by 3%. The bookseller saw an increase in sales from adult hardcovers and saw a modest improvement on trade paper, kids, and young adult categories. Non-books increased 1.9%, led by toys and games growth, cafe and better gift results. Overall, B&N consolidated sales decreased $20 million or … [Read more...] about Book sales decreased by 3% at Barnes and Noble
Here is the complete list of all the B&N Signed Editions for 2018
Every year Barnes and Noble announces their signed editions list, where authors autograph the book. Each store receives a handful of these books and there are 650,000 in total by 250 different authors. The titles span many genres and interests and will be available to purchase on Black Friday in all 600 retail locations. Starting November 24th select signed editions will also … [Read more...] about Here is the complete list of all the B&N Signed Editions for 2018
UK Bookstore WH Smith tried to buy Barnes and Noble
Barnes and Noble is putting the company up for sale and this spring they had a serious suiter to buy the entire company. WH Smith is one of the largest bookstore chains in the United Kingdom and they spent over 2 million dollars in a bid to snatch it up. The deal fell through and this has resulted in the firing of the CEO Demos Parneros, who B&N said in a defamation lawsuit … [Read more...] about UK Bookstore WH Smith tried to buy Barnes and Noble
Barnes and Noble is an utter and complete mess
Barnes and Noble is a company that needs to sell more books and generate meaningful revenue from their Nook division. Instead, they are mired in controversy with recently fired CEO Demos Parneros. Barnes and Noble CEO Demos Parneros was fired in July for breaking company policies and he did not receive any severance pay. The bookseller did not disclose at the time why he was … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble is an utter and complete mess
Barnes and Noble getting serious about selling the company
Barnes and Noble formed a committee last month to explore selling the bookstore chain to multiple interested parties. Leonard Riggio the largest shareholder and founder of the company has committed to support and vote his shares in favor of any transaction recommended by the Special Committee. Today it looks like B&N is getting even more serious with the announcement that … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble getting serious about selling the company