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Leonard Riggio

  • Saturday, 31 August, 2024
    Obituary
    Leonard Riggio, bookseller, 1941-2024

    As head of America’s Barnes & Noble chain he reinvented the business, but could not compete with Amazon’s disruption

    Leonard Riggio stands in front of a pink Andy Warhol silkscreen painting in his New York office. He is wearing a white shirt and a dark tie, and he is smiling.
  • Thursday, 4 October, 2018
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Barnes & Noble shares head for best day since 2013
  • Wednesday, 3 October, 2018
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Barnes & Noble reveals fresh takeover interest

    Founder and chairman Leonard Riggio leads parties eyeing purchase of bookstore chain

    Leonard Riggio, founder and chairman, Barnes and Noble, Inc., leaves the Barnes and Nobles shareholders meeting in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. Photographer: Jin Lee/Bloomberg ***Local Caption*** Leonard Riggio
  • Tuesday, 28 August, 2018
    US & Canadian companies
    Barnes & Noble’s ousted chief sues over his firing

    Demos Parneros claims bookseller concocted sexual misconduct allegations against him

    Demos Parneros said Barnes & Noble fired him over what he called 'an innocuous, less than five-minute conversation about vacationing in Quebec'
  • Thursday, 16 November, 2017
    Companies
    Barnes & Noble shares pop as activist proposes plan to go private
  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2017
    US & Canadian companies
    Activist to Barnes & Noble: put yourself up for sale

    Sandell tells bookseller that Amazon’s move into physical stores proves its value

    Barnes & Noble Unveils New Touchscreen Nook That Costs $139...A customer browses books in a Barnes & Noble Inc. store in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Barnes & Noble Inc., the target of a $1 billion bid from Liberty Media Corp., unveiled a smaller, lower-cost Nook electronic reader in an effort to boost its share of the growing e-book market. Photographer: Andrea Renault/Bloomberg
  • Tuesday, 16 August, 2016
    fastFT
    Barnes & Noble ousts CEO Boire
  • Thursday, 3 April, 2014
    US equities
    Barnes & Noble tumbles as Liberty cuts stake
  • Monday, 8 July, 2013
    Retail sector
    Lynch exit spurs Barnes & Noble to appoint twin heads

    Separate bookstore and digital chiefs point to split

    William Lynch
  • Friday, 17 May, 2013
    US & Canadian companies
    Barnes & Noble: a real page-turner

    Upcoming fourth-quarter results are perfect place to start bookseller’s next chapter

    Barnes & Noble
  • Tuesday, 26 February, 2013
    US & Canadian companies
    Retailers turn to M&A to survive
  • Monday, 25 February, 2013
    US & Canadian companies
    Barnes & Noble: towards some novel ideas

    Perhaps thefounders aren’t thinking creatively enough

  • Thursday, 18 August, 2011
    US & Canadian companies
    Liberty to pay $200m for Barnes & Noble stake
  • Friday, 20 May, 2011
    US & Canadian companies
    Liberty Media makes offer for Barnes & Noble
  • Friday, 20 May, 2011
    US & Canadian companies
    Bookshops: latest chapter of a page-turner

    The uncertainties around the future of the book business are legion

  • Monday, 6 December, 2010
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Ackman filing lifts Barnes & Noble
  • Wednesday, 29 September, 2010
    Personal & Household Goods
    Burkle will keep heat on bookseller
  • Monday, 20 September, 2010
    US & Canadian companies
    Boost for Burkle in battle at Barnes & Noble
  • Thursday, 9 September, 2010
    US & Canadian companies
    Barnes & Noble in fresh spat with Burkle
  • Tuesday, 24 August, 2010
    US & Canadian companies
    Barnes & Noble warns of further losses
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