Barnes & Noble
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 all 50 U.S. states.
Barnes & Noble's current flagship store at Union Square, Manhattan, New York City | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| ISIN | US0677741094 |
| Industry | bookselling |
| Predecessor | Arthur Hinds & Company |
| Founded | 1886 (as Arthur Hinds & Company) in New York City, U.S. |
| Founders |
|
| Headquarters | 33 E. 17th Street, New York City , U.S. |
Number of locations | 614 (As of July 2020) |
Key people |
|
| Products | Books, maps, CDs, DVDs, toys, games, stationery, calendars, gift packs, magazines, board games, encyclopedias |
| Brands |
|
| Revenue | US$3.552 billion (FY 2019) |
| US$38.596 million (FY 2019) | |
Net income | 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) |
| Website |
|
| Footnotes / references | |
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.
After a series of mergers and bankruptcies in the American bookstore industry since the 1990s, Barnes & Noble stands alone as the United States' largest national bookstore chain. 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.