Barnes and Noble Inc.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
122 5th Ave., New York, NY 10011-5605, United States
(212)633-3300, (212)559-6910 fax, http://www.barnesandnoble.com

Primary SIC: Book Stores, Primary NAICS: Book Stores
Description: Barnes and Noble Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in 1986 and trades on the New York Stock Exchange. The company's principal business includes the sale of trade books, generally hardcover and paperback consumer titles, excluding educational textbooks and specialized religious titles, mass-market paperbacks, such as mystery, romance, science fiction and other popular fiction, children's books, bargain books, magazines, gifts, music and movies direct to customers. Barnes and Noble is the nation's largest bookseller. Through Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., the company is also a leading general trade book publisher. Additionally, Barnes and Noble owns an approximate 74% interest in Calendar Club, L.L.C., an operator of seasonal kiosks. Barnes and Noble is headquartered in New York, N.Y. As of February 2008, the company operated 798 bookstores and a Web site in 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Of the 798 bookstores, 713 operate primarily under the Barnes & Noble Booksellers trade name and 85 operate primarily under the B. Dalton Bookseller trade name. More

Retail: Book store chains and direct marketer of books. Finance: Holding company.