Barnes & Noble founder Leonard Riggio, who built a single bookstore into a national powerhouse, passed away in New York City on Tuesday, the company said. He was 83. Riggio died “following a ...

Barnes & Noble’s Book Haul sale is back, bringing with it huge discounts on hundreds of books. Running through Sept. 2, the sale features 50% off tons of titles, including some of our favorite ...

Bookstore chain Barnes & Noble announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday that the founder Leonard Riggio has died. He was 83. Riggio opened the Student Book Exchange in 1965, before acquiring ...

Barnes & Noble is delaying the opening of its relocated, downsized bookstore in the Town of Huntington to early 2025, as the retailer works to prepare the space and pushes chainwide growth.

By Penelope Green Leonard Riggio, the brash, charismatic and literary-minded businessman who, in founding the giant Barnes & Noble retail chain, transformed the business of selling books as ...

Barnes & Noble will open its new store at Tucson Mall next week. It is in the space formerly occupied by The Children’s Place next to Vans, near H&M at 4500 N. Oracle Road. Doors open Wednesday ...

Founder and former chairman of Barnes & Noble Leonard Riggio has died at 83. Riggio had Alzheimer’s disease. He started his career at the New York University bookstore and opened a competing ...

Riggio’s near-half century reign began in 1971 when he used a $1.2 million loan to purchase Barnes & Noble’s name and the flagship store on lower ... a Barnes & Noble official had objected.

Barnes & Noble launched a website to sell books online, created a self-publishing platform and put out its own e-reader, the Nook. But digital sales lagged, and by 2019 the company had reportedly ...

A. Messerschmidt/Getty Leonard Riggio, founder and former chairman of bookstore chain Barnes & Noble, has died at age 83. A representative for Riggio confirmed his death on Aug. 27 to PEOPLE.

In this file photo, Leonard Riggio, chairman of Barnes and Noble, arrives at a book store in New York ... of a book simply because a Barnes & Noble official had objected.

In the 1990s, Barnes & Noble turned their attention to the changing landscape of the bookstore industry by investing in e-commerce. In 1997, the store launched their online store and entered the ...