Waterstones turning a profit, and Daunt’s plan seems to be working
Waterstones is set to make a profit for the first time in five years—that is, if the chain continues to do well over Christmas. Waterstones’ managing director, James Daunt, told The… Read more »
Can Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga save B&N?
Last week, the Wall Street Journal’s Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg reported on a new Barnes & Noble television commercial created by B&N chairman Leonard Riggio, starring Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett.… Read more »
“We are committed to the idea that book shops matter”: James Daunt criticises and defends Waterstones
The managing director of Waterstones, James Daunt, spoke yesterday to attendees at the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) conference, and addressed some of the biggest questions being thrown at the national bookshop… Read more »
At shareholder meeting, Barnes & Noble states the obvious: “Look, no one’s happy with the Nook.”
On Tuesday, as Apple unveiled its “wonderfully mundane” new iPhone, Barnes & Noble held its annual shareholders meeting. No new products were announced. No one liveblogged the event from a broken Nook.… Read more »
After nearly 50% of managers leave their positions, Daunt’s Waterstones restructure is almost complete
In May, I wrote about the news that Britain’s biggest chain bookshop Waterstones had begun a major restructure, which threatened to result in hundreds of job losses at the company.… Read more »
66 managers depart Waterstones amid larger restructure
Yesterday, The Bookseller reported that 66 managers had left the British book giant Waterstone’s last week “as part of its management restructure, with a number declining to go through the… Read more »
Hundreds of jobs could go at Waterstones
Last week Waterstones announced that the company has begun a major restructure which could see hundreds of job losses. Staff who hold positions as branch managers, assistant managers, general managers and… Read more »
Dan Brown causes price wars, bookshops party like it’s 1999
There are loads of things we predicted the new Dan Brown novel would bring: clumsy, soul-destroying prose, translators cast into working conditions resembling the pits of hell, Tom Hanks looking… Read more »
“One of the biggest screw-ups in the history of book retail”?
A recent Simba Information report (subscription required) “posits that the decrease in the number of bookstores that we saw in 2011 did not lead to a corresponding growth in ebook… 1 / Read more »
Heather Reisman is bullish on the books still remaining in her stores
“The book business is still a thriving business in every respect,” Heather Reisman, head of Canada’s biggest bookselling chain, Indigo Books & Music, announced at the company’s annual stockholders meeting… Read more »