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

April 17, 2022
Barnes & Noble Going Private
Retail // 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 for $683 million. Barnes & Noble stock surged 30 percent on the news, and popped up...

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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, Financial Times reported Sunday. Recently the company has also bought Blackwell’s, which has been a U.K. bookseller for 143 years. That acquisition is adding to […]

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...