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Leonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes & Noble, dead at 83

Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller but later saw his company overtaken by the rise of Amazon

The Independent UK

Newport Mall Shooting: Witness Saw Patricia McKay 'Fighting With Two Guys Over Her Purse' And Get Run Over

The incident unfolded in broad daylight while Patricia and Doug McKay were at the mall, standing outside a Barnes & Noble bookstore when they were suddenly targeted.

International Business Times UK

Thieves Love Stealing And Reselling These Toys; They're Stolen As Often As Handbags And iPhones

Wichita Lego stores saw a surge in thefts (19 between Jan and May) targeting Star Wars and Indiana Jones sets.

International Business Times UK

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Is Barnes & Noble Education the Nostalgia Play You Need?

Despite Barnes & Noble Education (BNED)’s efforts to revamp its financial footing through strategic shifts and leadership changes, its shares are caught in a downward spiral. Can these changes revive their relevance in today’s digital-driven educational landscape? Let’s uncover if BNED's strategic shifts make it a nostalgic investment opportunity or…

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Iconic retail chain closing all stores, liquidating

The retailer had a dedicated following but that was not enough to keep it afloat.

The Street

Georgia Independent Bookstore Sues Jail Over Policy Banning Book Shipments

Officials claim the policy is intended to prevent people from smuggling in contraband, but it allows shipments from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Reason

Barnes & Noble workers plan union drive at largest US bookstore chain

Despite pushback from CEO James Daunt, employees are organizing for better pay, ‘dignity’ and working conditions

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Oscar-Winning Author And Illustrator Charlie Mackesy Shows That Nothing Can Beat Kindness

We live in a world which is obsessed with achieving things, yet Charlie Mackesy is trying to tell us that kindness and love are just as important and just as valuable, even more valuable, than any other kind of success. The post Oscar-Winning Author And Illustrator Charlie Mackesy Shows That…

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"You've Got Mail" in a disappearing NY

Nora Ephron's 1998 rom-com delivers timeless messages about love, but also about what we lose embracing capitalism

Salon

This winter’s most stylish fashion books revisit the greats, from Coco Chanel to Karl Lagerfeld

Coco Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld are the subjects of the season’s most transporting fashion books, ready to sustain the style-conscious bibliophile through the cold winter months

Wallpaper

Indigo May Have Lost the Plot

Did the bookstore chain sell its soul when it started selling vitamins, vibrators, and $800 patio umbrellas?

The Walrus

Why eBay is betting on the luxury market for a rebound

EBay is doubling down on luxury goods as retail competitors enter the resale marketplace.

Fortune

Workers at Barnes & Noble in Manhattan's Union Square vote to unionize, continuing trend

Workers at the Barnes & Noble in Manhattan’s Union Square, one of the retail chain’s signature stores, have voted to unionize

The Independent UK

‘Amazon doesn’t care about books’: how Barnes & Noble bounced back

Barnes & Noble is the US’s largest remaining book chain but, under James Daunt, each of the 600 stores is meant to run like an independent bookstore

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 11 March 2023

Georgians flocked to the streets this week to protest a dodgy foreign interference bill.

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How Barnes & Noble turned a page, expanding for the first time in years

After years on the brink, the bookseller is going for a plot twist: Sales are growing and the chain plans to open some 30 new stores. Here's what's changed.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Barnes & Noble saved itself by putting books first. Imagine that

It wasn't long ago that Barnes & Noble seemed to be on the glide path to extinction.

Bangkok Post

Microsoft to buy 4% of London Stock Exchange Group on cloud deal

Microsoft Corp agreed to buy a 4% stake in London Stock Exchange Group Plc as part of a $2.8 billion cloud-computing deal that pushes big tech further into financial markets.

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The finest fashion books for style enthusiasts

The fashion books taking pride of place on the Wallpaper* style desk, from enticing photographic tomes to rare limited-edition titles. Here, the Wallpaper* team pick the best new releases, doubling as a festive gift list for style savants

Reason

Virginia Can't Force Bookstores To Card Kids for Books on Gender and Sexuality

An effort to ban sales of two books to minors ended with a Virginia judge saying that the state’s obscenity statute is “unconstitutional on its face."

Tribune News Service

Obscenity case seeking to bar Barnes & Noble from selling 2 books to minors dismissed by judge

A Virginia Beach Circuit Court judge on Tuesday dismissed an effort to declare two books obscene and unfit for children.

The Guardian - UK

Reader, I followed them: TikTok expands its content to tap into the BookTok phenomenon

New retailer partnerships, live events and book clubs are all planned to capitalise on the platform’s vibrant community of literature lovers

Reason

Fetuses in HOV Lanes, Abortions at Sea, and More Post-Dobbs Weirdness

Plus: Banned books, a bookstore revival, and more...

Los Angeles Times

The business of Rick Caruso: How a mayoral candidate amassed his fortune

LOS ANGELES — Encino residents weren’t happy in the early 1990s about a planned shopping center at Hayvenhurst Avenue and Ventura Boulevard. They were even less happy when the developer went bankrupt after digging up the contaminated soil at the site, a former gas station, leaving behind a deep crater…

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Barnes & Noble’s next Nook is as entry-level as e-readers come

The GlowLight 4e is bare-bones and $30 less than its predecessor.

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