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content, commerce, and technology company in the United States. It provides access to books, magazines, newspapers, and other content through its multi-channel distribution platform. The company sells its products directly to customers through its bookstores and on barnesandnoble.com. Barnes & Noble conducts its online business through Barnes & Noble.com, one of the Web’s largest e-commerce sites, which also features more than 3 million titles in its eBookstore.  Through Barnes & Noble’s NOOK eReading

Reading sends a feeling throughout my body and mind that is rather difficult to explain. The feeling is overwhelming and takes over my entire thought process. It is as though I want to shut out the world and fall completely into the book so I can experience the words instead of just reading them, but at the same time I want to be able to talk to every person I know about the story and the characters and every little detail of every major plot twist. That awe-inspiring feeling first came when I began

The company I have chosen to investigate for this assignment is Barnes & Noble, Inc. Originally founded in Illinois, USA, in 1873, this business has risen to become a Fortune 500 company. This bookstore chain boasts over 600 physical locations (cite source) in the United States, as well as a strong online presence. The success of its stores, and of its subsequent web and mobile applications, is proof of its dedication to offering a wide range of quality products and providing an excellent customer

states in his article, “No Borders”, how “bookstores are victims of changing times, technologies, and economics.” In the literary, economic world, there had been two national bookstores that competed in the nation, Borders and Barnes & Noble. Sadly Borders, Barnes & Noble’s largest competitor, went bankrupt and was forced to close, due to the national recession being at its highest in 2010. Since then it has become more and more difficult for bookstores to even make it since for, “You can surf the

brick-and-mortar bookseller, Barnes & Noble (B&N) needs to transform its super store appearance and atmosphere instead of cutting into markets with well-established competition, such as ebooks and campus bookstores. Along with the rising trend of the “buy local” movement, people prefer the atmosphere of a local bookstore to that of a large retailer, and if B&N wants to avoid Borders’ fate, we have to adopt the look and feel of a more community-connected, local store. The Situation Barnes & Noble is in trouble

The career that I would like to attain in five years would be an occupation as an independent bookstore owner. I would like to own and operate my own bookstore in Mississauga that would compete with larger chains by providing the community with an engaging, personable experience that only small, independent businesses can provide. As a bookstore owner, I would manage the everyday activities of the business, including customer service, training and motivating employees, and developing strategies for

Understanding discipline in the workplace 1.1 Disciplinary rules and procedures are important in a workplace to set out the boundaries of acceptable conduct and satisfactory performance, and to ensure fair and equal treatment of all employees. Since 1977 there has been a Code of Practice on disciplinary practice and procedures issued by ACAS. A revised version of the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures came into effect on 6 April 2009. The Code must be taken into account

Planning and allocating work 1.1 I am employed as a Maintenance Manager at the Strand Palace Hotel in London. I am responsible for the day to day maintenance of the whole building, also refurbishments of guest rooms and corridors, public areas and back of house areas. I am working with a team of 15 technicians and 4 shift engineers, all with different skills. Every first and last hour of my day will involve planning tasks to be completed, ranging from fixing any breakdowns of machinery to hanging

Introduction History Indigo Books & Music Inc. started as many separate individually owned bookstores. Coles and SmithBooks were the first bookstores to open in Canada. In 1995 they merged to form Chapters which became the largest book retailer in Canada. In 1996 Indigo was founded by Heather Reisman. Eventually in 2001, Chapters and Indigo merged together to form Indigo Books & Music Inc. In order to keep up with the changing market, Indigo now aims to sell more non-book merchandise. In 2006, Indigo

The company that I have decided to research is Barnes & Noble. Throughout this past decade Globalization and technology have drastically impacted the sales of Barnes & Noble. In the recent past Barnes and Noble was faced with its biggest challenge it has faced in its history, trying to keep up with Amazon’s fire tablet. This was definitely a new challenge because unlike Barnes and Nobles past competitors such as Borders book store they were now in current competition with a specific product of a