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Subscription Merchants Tap Audiobooks to Drive Consumer Loyalty

December 20, 2023
Subscription Merchants Tap Audiobooks to Drive Consumer Loyalty
Barnes & Noble CEO: Store Expansion and Revamped Loyalty See Bookstores Turning the Page
Retail // April 05, 2023

Bookstores — remember those? — have staged something of a comeback during the pandemic years, and the question now is can that really be sustained? Driven by factors from streaming media overload to the timeless appeal of in-store, in-person shopping that has roared back, bookstores...

Barnes & Noble Launches Two-Tiered Membership Program
Loyalty & Rewards // February 17, 2023

Barnes & Noble has expanded its offerings in the growing membership program competition. The retailer of books and digital media now offers both a free membership program and one that costs $40 a year. “Barnes & Noble is excited to introduce valued customers to two new membership levels,”...

Barnes & Noble Owner Waterstones Adds UK Book Chain Blackwell’s as It Takes On Amazon
Retail // April 17, 2022

Waterstones, the U.K. retailer and owner of U.S. bookstore chain Barnes & Noble, has been undergoing a series of changes to its bookselling model as it tries to battle Amazon, Financial Times reported Sunday. Recently the company has also bought Blackwell’s, which has been a...

Amazon, Barnes & Noble Pull Digital Purchases in Response to Google Play Crackdown
Mobile Applications // April 04, 2022

Google Play will soon be more ubiquitous, as developers selling their digital goods on Android apps will have to switch to Google Play billing or else be locked out of the Play Store, according to a report Monday (April 4) from Ars Technica. The report...

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Barnes & Noble Launches Two-Tiered Membership Program

February 17, 2023
Barnes & Noble has expanded its offerings in the growing membership program competition. The retailer of books and digital media now offers both a free membership program and one that costs $40 a year. “Barnes & Noble is excited to introduce valued customers to two new membership levels,” the company said in the FAQ section of its website. The Wall […]

Barnes & Noble Owner Waterstones Adds UK Book Chain Blackwell’s as It Takes On Amazon

April 17, 2022
Waterstones, the U.K. retailer and owner of U.S. bookstore chain Barnes & Noble, has been undergoing a series of changes to its bookselling model as it tries to battle Amazon,...

Amazon, Barnes & Noble Pull Digital Purchases in Response to Google Play Crackdown

April 04, 2022
Google Play will soon be more ubiquitous, as developers selling their digital goods on Android apps will have to switch to Google Play billing or else be locked out of...

Barnes & Noble Going Private

June 07, 2019
After struggling for a decade in the era of Amazon ascendance, Barnes & Noble will be going private, care of a private equity firm, Elliott Management, that is buying it...