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.............................. Barnes & Noble.com
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Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest United States specialty book retailer, operating chiefly through its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of bookstores and is headquartered in lower Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The company operates Bookstop, Bookstar and B. Dalton Booksellers chains in some markets. These stores are smaller, being found in outdoor strip malls and shopping malls. The company is known for large, upscale retail outlets, many of which contain a café serving Starbucks Coffee, and for competitive discounting of bestsellers. Most stores also sell magazines, newspapers, DVDs, graphic novels, gifts, games, and music. Video games and related items were sold in the company's GameStop retail outlets until October 2004, when the division was spun-off into an independent company. As of January 31, 2004, the company operated 840 stores in 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. It plans to open 30-35 new stores every year.
Barnes & Noble originated in 1873 when Charles M. Barnes opened a book-printing business in Wheaton, Illinois. The first true bookstore was set up by his son, William, in partnership with G. Clifford Noble, in 1917 in New York City. The original bookstore was located at 31 West 15th St. In 1932, the bookstore was moved to its current flagship location on 18th street and Fifth avenue. The business was purchased in 1971 by Leonard Riggio, who oversaw the growth of the business. In 1974, Barnes & Noble became the first bookstore to advertise on TV. A year later, the company became the first bookseller in America to discount books, by selling New York Times best-selling titles at 40% of the publishers’ list price.
During the 1970s and 1980s, Barnes & Noble began to expand by opening smaller discount stores, which were eventually phased out in favor of larger stores. They also began to publish their own books to be sold to mail-order customers. These titles were primarily affordable reissues of out-of-print titles, and selling them through mail-order catalogues allowed Barnes & Noble to reach new customers nationwide. Barnes & Noble continued to expand throughout the 1980s, and in 1987 purchased B. Dalton Bookseller from Dayton Hudson. The acquisition of 797 bookstores turned the company into a nationwide retailer and the second-largest bookseller in the United States. B&N's critics claim that it has contributed to the decline of local and independent booksellers. In 2002, Leonard Riggio's brother Stephen Riggio was named CEO. The chain opened an online bookstore in 1997, largely to compete with Amazon.com.
Most Barnes & Noble stores feature a Barnes & Noble Café, serving Starbucks beverages, bakery goods from The Cheesecake Factory, sandwiches, and a variety of other specialty products. Although the cafés are owned and operated by Barnes & Noble, the Starbucks logo features prominently in the overall branding package. This leads to confusion for some customers when they attempt to use Starbucks stored-value cards, which are not accepted or sold.
In 2004, Barnes & Noble began offering wi-fi in the café area of selected stores, using the AT&T FreedomLink network. All 850 stores currently offer wi-fi, an effort which was completed in 2006. Often, AT&T and Barnes & Noble offer free wi-fi access during promotional campaigns with use of a coupon, but wi-fi is not normally provided free of charge; payment goes to AT&T Online.
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