08-16-2016, 07:01 PM | #1 | |
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B&N CEO Fired
Barnes & Noble fires CEO, labeling him 'not a good fit'
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08-16-2016, 07:26 PM | #2 |
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This is number what, now?
Also, can a moderator please move this thread? It isn't "news". Last edited by eschwartz; 08-16-2016 at 07:29 PM. |
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08-16-2016, 08:05 PM | #3 |
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This solidifies my view that it is Riggio who is in charge, regardless of who has the CEO title.
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08-16-2016, 08:08 PM | #4 |
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About time, eh?
I know nothing about the management other than they are clearly incompetent. I used to shop there all the time, but it's has been useless for almost 10 years now.... Last edited by kennyc; 08-16-2016 at 08:40 PM. |
08-16-2016, 08:35 PM | #5 |
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I wonder if that kills the plans for restaurants and booze sales.
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08-16-2016, 08:38 PM | #6 |
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I thought they were putting in tattoo parlors?
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08-16-2016, 11:36 PM | #7 |
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08-17-2016, 12:30 AM | #8 |
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08-17-2016, 06:19 AM | #9 |
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If I had a local B&N I could put in a jewelry repair nook.
I was in Atlanta a couple of weeks ago and went to a B&N. The upstairs section used to be all fiction and a children's section. There used to be approximately 10 rows of shelves of general fiction in the center with the others on the walls. Now general fiction is two and a half rows and most of the space is taken up with toys and crap. Apache |
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They really had a legit shot in the ebook market with the nook, their problem was they saw that as two separate business, when the two business should have complemented each other. I should have been able to scan in a title in the physical store and it pop up in the ebook store if they had it. If it was part of a series, they could have shown the other books in the series, or other books by that author under the book you scanned. Look how Apple has their Apple store app integrated with the physical Apple store. I can order something on line, and pick it up at the Apple store a couple of hours later. I can pick up something in the store, scan it via the apple store app, pay for it and walk out, all without having to wait in line. More than anything, their failure was they lost touch with their customers. |
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I really miss my local B&N. I liked being able to browse the shelves, flip through pages, etc. It was the last bookstore in my local area.
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It is somewhat amusing that I have never seen a "Similar Threads" section full of threads so freakishly similar as the one at the bottom of this page. (SSDD means, politely, "Same Stuff, Different Day" but you get geek points if your first thought was "Single Sided, Double Density.") Last edited by ApK; 08-17-2016 at 11:19 AM. |
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