{"id":47645,"date":"2024-09-04T01:50:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T01:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsgf.greenschoolsgreenfuture.org\/?p=47645"},"modified":"2025-01-18T20:39:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T20:39:43","slug":"barnes-noble-is-opening-58-stores-in-2024-heres-a-full-list-of-cities-that-will-get-new-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsgf.greenschoolsgreenfuture.org\/fr\/barnes-noble-is-opening-58-stores-in-2024-heres-a-full-list-of-cities-that-will-get-new-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"Barnes & Noble is Opening 58 Stores in 2024: Here\u2019s a Full List of Cities That Will Get New Locations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The national bookseller is continuing its comeback this year, with the most openings in a single year since at least 2009.<\/p>\n

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In a news environment filled with gloomy stories about the decline of brick-and-mortar retail, we\u2019ll take the wins where we can get them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Barnes & Noble is continuing its hot streak this year, having already opened an impressive 32 stores across more than 20 states since January, the bookseller told\u00a0Fast Company<\/em>\u00a0on Friday. For context, that\u2019s\u00a0more than the 30 stores<\/a>\u00a0it had planned to open in all of 2023.<\/p>\n

In total, the company said it was on track to open 58 new locations before 2025\u2014more stores than it\u2019s opened in a single year since at least 2009.<\/p>\n

Back then, Barnes & Noble was facing what looked like existential threats from Amazon and the broader shift to online commerce, not to mention a decline in print media that had many industry insiders questioning the future viability of books. Amazon\u2019s first Kindle was released in 2007 while Barnes & Noble followed up with its Nook e-reader two years later. At one point, it was dedicating a good chunk of precious shelf space to the sterile-looking devices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But physical books and bookstores have both proven surprisingly durable in the era of social media, aided by passionate online communities, Facebook-driven book clubs, and TikTok\u2019s ever-popular #booktok hashtag. Independent stores are also experiencing a resurgence, with the American Booksellers Association\u00a0telling<\/a>\u00a0the Associated Press that its 2023 membership has nearly doubled from 2016.<\/p>\n

Barnes & Noble\u2019s ongoing growth is especially notable in a year when legacy retail brands from\u00a0Big Lots<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0Rite Aid<\/a>\u00a0are closing significant numbers of locations and shrinking their physical footprints. Some companies, such as the\u00a0Sam Ash<\/a>\u00a0chain of music stores, are folding altogether.<\/p>\n

As we\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0last year, Barnes & Noble\u2019s brand transformation\u2014from \u201990s-era corporate superstore to friendly neighborhood bookseller fighting the good fight against Amazon\u2019s algorithmic dominance\u2014has been a big part of its recent success. Its newer stores tend to be smaller and better designed than the massive and unwieldy spaces it was known for 15 years ago. Having a nice pile of new releases at the ready for TikTok influencers probably doesn\u2019t hurt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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