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- CEOJames Daunt68%approve of James Daunt's performance
- Company sizemore than 10,000
- Revenue$1B to $5B (USD)
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Barnes & Noble is the world’s largest retail bookseller and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The Company operates over 600 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s premier e-commerce sites, BN.com. Our Nook Digital business offers a lineup of NOOK® tablets and e-Readers and an expansive collection of digital reading content through the NOOK Store®. Barnes & Noble’s mission is to operate the best omni-channel specialty retail business in A...
Barnes & Noble is the world’s largest retail bookseller and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The Company operates over 600 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s premier e-commerce sites, BN.com. Our Nook Digital business offers a lineup of NOOK® tablets and e-Readers and an expansive collection of digital reading content through the NOOK Store®. Barnes & Noble’s mission is to operate the best omni-channel specialty retail business in America, helping both our customers and booksellers reach their aspirations, while being a credit to the communities we serve.
Barnes & Noble is owned by Elliott Advisors (UK) Limited and run by CEO and bookseller James Daunt, who is also Managing Director of Waterstones bookstores in the U.K. and founder and owner of Daunt Books. Barnes & Noble was founded in 1971 by bookseller Leonard Riggio when he acquired the Barnes & Noble trade name and bookstore on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
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I went for the barista job today. The first questions was what books are you reading? Then if I had a YouTube channel, what would it be about? Name a time when you had to take a different approach with a customer, which confused me lol what would you do if was slow? Why should I pick you?
I went for the barista job tod...
They asked me why I wanted to work there. What situations have you been in where there was a disagreement, how did you solve the disagreement. If you were given a responsibility that you weren't prepared for how would you handle it?
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Working at Barnes & Noble
- Bookseller3.8 out of 5 stars.
- Barista3.7 out of 5 stars.
- Customer Service Representative3.9 out of 5 stars.
- Sales Associate3.9 out of 5 stars.
- Cashier3.9 out of 5 stars.
- Lead Cashier3.7 out of 5 stars.
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- New York, NY3.8 out of 5 stars.
- Houston, TX3.9 out of 5 stars.
- Orlando, FL3.7 out of 5 stars.
- Reno, NV3.4 out of 5 stars.
- Township of Monroe, NJ4.2 out of 5 stars.
- Philadelphia, PA3.7 out of 5 stars.
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