Barnes & Noble

American book retailer
Organization business Q795454
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 3 annual filings
Revenue
$3.55B
▼ 3.0% YoY FY2019
Net Income
$3.77M
▲ 103.0% YoY FY2019
Assets
$1.71B
▼ 2.5% YoY FY2019
EPS (diluted)
$0.05
▲ 102.9% YoY FY2019
$0.00$1.07B$2.14B$3.21B$4.28B FY2017: $3.89B · NI $22.02M (0.6% margin)FY2018: $3.66B · NI -$125.48M (-3.4% margin)FY2019: $3.55B · NI $3.77M (0.1% margin) '17'18'19
Revenue Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2019-04-27 · accession 0001193125-19-176078

Barnes & Noble

Summary

Barnes & Noble is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 0.87% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,221 views/month, #257 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Barnes & Noble is in the country of United States[3].
  • Barnes & Noble is in the country of US[4].
  • Barnes & Noble's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Barnes & Noble's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • Barnes & Noble's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • Barnes & Noble's instance of is recorded as bookstore chain[8].
  • Barnes & Noble's founder is recorded as Leonard Riggio[9].
  • Barnes & Noble's founder is recorded as William Robbins Barnes[10].
  • Barnes & Noble's founder is recorded as Gilbert Clifford Noble[11].
  • Barnes & Noble's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[12].
  • Barnes & Noble's Commons category is recorded as Barnes & Noble[13].
  • Barnes & Noble's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[14].
  • Barnes & Noble's industry is recorded as bookselling[15].
  • 1873 marks the founding of Barnes & Noble[16].
  • 1917 marks the founding of Barnes & Noble[17].
  • Barnes & Noble's location of formation is recorded as New York City[18].
  • Barnes & Noble's official website is recorded as https://www.barnesandnoble.com/[19].
  • Barnes & Noble's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Barnes & Noble[20].
  • Barnes & Noble's described at URL is recorded as https://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/barnes-noble-inc-history/[21].
  • Barnes & Noble's product or material produced is recorded as software[22].
  • Barnes & Noble's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+40000'}[23].
  • Barnes & Noble's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+26000'}[24].
  • Barnes & Noble's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation[25].
  • Barnes & Noble's legal form is recorded as XTIQ[26].
  • Barnes & Noble's owner of is recorded as GameStop[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Leonard Riggio[9], William Robbins Barnes[10], and Gilbert Clifford Noble[11]. Recorded inception include 1873[16] and 1917[17]. Barnes & Noble's location of formation is recorded as New York City[18].

Operations

Barnes & Noble's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[12].

Industry

Barnes & Noble's industry is recorded as bookselling[15].

Ownership

Barnes & Noble's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[14]. Its product or material produced is recorded as software[22].

Why It Matters

Barnes & Noble ranks in the top 0.87% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,221 views/month, #257 of 29,529).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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  1. [3] . GRID. Retrieved . grid.ac. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . National Software Reference Library. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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