BNET Industries
Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) is in the Retail Industry
- Revenue
- Feb 02 2008
- $5.4B
- Profit
- Feb 02 2008
- $135.7M
- Market Cap
- Sep 04 2008
- $1.4B
Latest News and Analysis
Borders 2nd-qtr Loss Narrows, Stock Jumps 14 Percent
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Borders Group Inc BGP, the second-largest U.S. bookseller, posted a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss on Tuesday, helped by tighter inventory and lower costs, sending its shares up nearly 14 percent. "Right now the book business has been affected by the...
When To 'Believe the Hype' of a New Product
Larry Bellehumeur submits: When it comes to "Hyping" a product, it is clear to most people that Apple AAPL has no peers. Long before people knew the total functionality of an iPod, they knew that they had to have one. In my opinion, this was the most successful product...
Barnes & Noble Cuts Year Sales View and Shares Fall
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc BKS, cut its full-year sales forecast on Thursday, blaming a troubled U.S. economy, sending the shares of the largest U.S. specialty bookseller down more than 3 percent. But the company said maintaining lower inventory and...
Barnes & Noble, Inc. F2Q08 (Qtr End 08/02/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Barnes & Noble, Inc. BKS F2Q08 Earnings Call
Why Didn't Analysts Ask Barnes & Noble About CEO's Exit?
Todd Sullivan submits: Somehow I'm constantly surprised at what the sell side analysts do and don't focus on. Listening to the Barnes & Noble BKS Q2 call this morning there wasn't a single question about Borders BGP (fresh topic considering there was an article in the WSJ last week...
Did Borders.com Results Lead to Barnes & Noble Chief's Exit?
Todd Sullivan submits: The timing of this one is just really odd. Barnes & Noble Inc BKS, the largest U.S. specialty bookseller, said on Tuesday that the chief executive of its online business resigned. by Todd Sullivan
Barnes & Noble's Online CEO Resigns
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc BKS, the largest U.S. specialty bookseller, said on Tuesday the chief executive of its online business resigned. Barnes & Noble said Marie J. Toulantis's duties have been assumed by E-Commerce vice president Tom Burke and...
Borders Conversion Rates Improve
Compete submits: For the past seven years, visitors to Borders.com BGP have been automatically redirected to Border’s hosted site on Amazon.com AMZN. While hitching a ride on Amazon’s phenomenal growth at one time was likely a sound business decision, in hindsight that short-term fix to Border’s e-commerce woes handicapped...
Russell 1,000 Stocks with the Highest Short Interest as a Percentage of Float
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: July month-end short interest figures were released earlier this week, and below we highlight stocks in the Russell 1,000 with the highest short interest as a percentage of float. As shown, more than 50% of both Big Lots' BIG and Sears Holdings' SHLD...
Barnes & Noble Unlikely to Bid For Borders: Report
(Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc, the largest U.S. specialty bookseller, is unlikely to make a bid for rival Borders Group Inc, The Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the situation. Barnes & Noble had said it was looking into a...
Barnes & Noble to open new store in Mishawaka, Indiana
M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
Barnes & Noble Signs Lease for Mishawaka, Indiana, Store
Store Will Open in Spring 2009
The Barnes & Noble Classics Series Marks Its Fifth Anniversary with More Than Ten Million Copies Sold
Special Summer Promotions:
Barnes & Noble to Open New Store at 14572 Southwest Fifth Street Pembroke Pines, Florida
New Bookstore Debuts on June 18
Barnes & Noble Exclusive: Grammy Nominated Singer-Songwriter Lisa Loeb's New Children's CD Camp Lisa
Available Only at Barnes & Noble Starting June 3
Barnes & Noble's Acclaimed `Upstairs at the Square' Series Celebrates Two Years of Innovative & Eclectic Events with Author William Gibson and Musician Martha Wainwright on Monday, June 16th, at the Union Square Barnes & Noble
Journalist Katherine Lanpher Again Hosts the Evening
Barnes & Noble launches e-commerce site
M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
More Than 600 Barnes & Noble Stores Nationwide To Host Breaking Dawn Parties on Friday August 1, 2008
Final Book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga Goes On Sale At the Stroke of Midnight
Barnes & Noble to Open New Store at 11500 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond, Virginia
New Bookstore Debuts on June 11
Barnes & Noble.com Launches B&N Mobile: BN.com Now Optimized for Mobile Devices
Convenient Access to the World's Largest Bookstore Anytime, Anywhere
- Next »
- page 1 of 62
- « Previous
Sort byClose
View by Content TypeClose
View Related Content by Tag Close
- Sales (41 results)
- superstore (26 results)
- Amazon.com Inc. (23 results)
- company (22 results)
- Books (21 results)
- Stock (21 results)
- Borders Books & Music (21 results)
- Internet (21 results)
- Finance (16 results)
- Financial Accounting (13 results)
- Web (11 results)
- Call Transcript (11 results)
- bookstore (11 results)
- Earnings (11 results)
- Seeking Alpha (11 results)
- board (10 results)
- game (8 results)
- CD (8 results)
- Internet service (8 results)
- Web site (8 results)
- dividend (7 results)
- Webcast (7 results)
- earnings per share (6 results)
- e-book (6 results)
- network (5 results)
- Microsoft Corp. (5 results)
- Retail (5 results)
- Brand (5 results)
- Microsoft Access (4 results)
- industry (4 results)
- Video (4 results)
- Gateway Inc. (4 results)
- Financial (4 results)
- board of directors (4 results)
- benefit (4 results)
- e-business (4 results)
- shareholder (4 results)
- revenue (4 results)
- Columbia (4 results)
- Strategy (4 results)
- Ingram Micro Inc. (3 results)
- IPO (3 results)
- TV (3 results)
- partnership (3 results)
- Marketing (3 results)
- Investment (3 results)
- Merger (3 results)
- Sony Corp. (3 results)
- Bill Clinton (3 results)
- agency (3 results)
- Incorporated: 1986
- CEO: Mr. Stephen Riggio
Barnes & Noble is primarily engaged in the sale of trade books, mass market paperbacks, children's books, bargain books, magazines, music and movies direct to customers. As of Feb 2 2008, Co. operated 798 bookstores and a website. Of the 798 bookstores, 713 were operated primarily under the Barnes & Noble Booksellers trade name and 85 were operated mainly under the B. Dalton Bookseller trade name. Co. conducts the online part of its business through barnesandnoble.com llc, a seller of books on the Internet, while through Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., Co. is a general trade book publisher. Additionally, Co. owns about 74.0% interest in Calendar Club L.L.C, an operator of seasonal kiosks.
Key Competitors
Barnes & Noble Inc. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. Leonard Riggio
Chairman
Mr. Stephen Riggio
Vice-Chairman
Mr. Michael J. Del Giudice
Mr. William T. Dillard II
Ms. Patricia L. Higgins
Ms. Irene R. Miller
Ms. Margaret T. Monaco
Mr. William F. Reilly
Mr. Lawrence S. Zilavy
Contact Information
122 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com
212 633-3300
NAICS Code
Book Stores: 451211
