Barnes And Noble Failing
But it may not be able to turn the business around.
Barnes and noble failing. Over the course of the entire year of 2017 sales. By now many of us have forgotten that barnes noble attempted to compete against the likes of apple and amazon in the e reader tablet market with their ill fated nook. Barnes and noble was initially just your average college university bookstore. By christopher zara christopherzara 12 30 12 at 2 06 pm.
Last week barnes noble the largest book retailer in the us. In hindsight it s easy to see that barnes noble was playing the digital game all wrong. Barnes noble invested significantly in r d and actually produced some great devices so why did they fail. The barnes and noble business model in the 21st century is very different from what it used to be.
The day before the fourth of july barnes noble issued a vague press release announcing that the ailing company s chief executive demos parneros had been fired effective immediately and. Barnes noble s reputation as a bookseller got in the way. And yet barnes and noble has been creeping along for years after the closures of other behemoth bookstore chains such as borders and crown books. Barnes noble which has more than 600 stores in the united states and 23 000 employees has been trying to trim expenses and grow revenue.
We asked brian sozzi chief equities strategist at belus capital advisors to explain why the nook tablet failed so spectacularly. Why borders failed while barnes noble survived it appears to be all over for the borders bookselling chain. Almost 11 000 employees will lose their jobs when the company closes its remaining 400. Why barnes noble s nook is failing.
But in the last few years barnes and noble too appeared to be failing. Manhattan is not a failing mall but customers everywhere still seem to want somewhere to read browse and buy a coffee.