Barnes & Noble Booksellers is the largest book shop chain in the world, it is an American bookseller with retail outlets in almost every town in the United States. The company operates approximately 600 stores with headquarters in New York City.
After a series of mergers and bankruptcies in the American bookstore industry since the 1990s, Barnes & Noble is the United States’ only national chain.
Apart from books, B&N shops feature related products such as gifts, games, stationery etc as well as cafe.
B&N also operates online shop.
The group also owns and operates the following well known brands:
Paper Source: iconic American retail chain selling a line of uniquely curated beautifully designed products such as gifts, postcards, puzzles, stationery, games etc. Paper source operates own standalone stores as well as corners within B&N shops;
Nook : B&N own e-reader devise and software.
Currently consists of more than 450 locations across all towns of UK and forms integral part of local community cultural life.
