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James Daunt at FutureBook Live: Barnes & Noble’s ‘Crucifyingly Boring’ Stores

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonNovember 25, 2019

Seeing Barnes & Noble stores’ character ‘crushed’ by the corporate ‘opulence’ of American business, James Daunt says the chain must ‘rip out the boring.’

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Elliott Management Agrees to Buy Barnes & Noble, Daunt to Run Both B&N and UK’s Waterstones

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonJune 7, 2019

Elliott will pay some US$476 million for Barnes & Noble, having last year bought the UK’s main chain Waterstones. James Daunt is to run both companies.

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Barnes & Noble’s Former CEO, Demos Parneros, Launches Lawsuit Against Bookseller

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonAugust 28, 2018

A late-summer standoff has flared with the US publishing industry’s largest–and longest-struggling–brick-and-mortar retail chain. Its former CEO is suing for defamation. The company, in response, alleges sexual harassment.

Books-a-Million Offers to Take Over 35 Borders Stores

In Global Trade Talk by Edward NawotkaJuly 21, 2011

Books-a-Million bookstore chain has offered to take over 35 soon-to-be-liquidated Borders bookstores.

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Bad Decisions, Worse Luck: How Borders Blew It

In Guest Contributors, Resources by Edward NawotkaJuly 20, 2011

Firing its community relations coordinators, handing Amazon its web site, “category management”…Why 2001 was the beginning of the end for Borders

Need to Know: End of the Line as Borders Submits for Liquidation

In Global Trade Talk by Edward NawotkaJuly 20, 2011

Any hopes of Borders being miraculously saved from liquidation, were squandered as part of the debate on Border’s grim future was finally laid to rest.

James Daunt’s Difficult Task: Remake Waterstone’s, But In Whose Image?

In Guest Contributors by Guest ContributorJune 28, 2011

Like Jesus, Waterstone’s MD James Daunt will have to perform a miracle to multiply the magic of his six-strong bookstore chain to feed the masses.

Can the Indie Bookseller Ethos Translate to a Chain?

In Discussion by Edward NawotkaJune 28, 2011

Stellar customer service, a curated list of titles, and intense localization are hallmarks of indie bookstores. Can they work across a large chain?

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