Barnes & Noble, Inc.
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The Biggest Reason Amazon's Goodreads Acquisition is Good Business
By Adam Levy - April 4, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS
Last week, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) spent an estimated $150 million on Goodreads, a social network for book lovers. The website has amassed a far from intimidating 16 million members, 23 million book reviews, and 530 million titles those book lovers have read. If the $150 million price tag is accurate, Amazon paid nearly $10 per user, which makes it look like a great deal compared to Facebook’s current more »
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This Amazon Story Is Becoming A Thriller
By Nicholas Kitonyi - April 3, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, EBAY
Amazons, is a Greek mythology word associated with the legendary female warriors, which forms part of Greece’s rich history. The Amazon Riverwas named after these legendary warriors, and this trickled down to the naming of the ecommerce giant Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). Now, I would imagine that a battle involving the legendary Amazons would be nothing short of thrilling, and apparently, Amazon.com’s story is turning out to more »
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Barnes & Noble’s Need to Quickly Change Course
By Peter Pham - March 30, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, BKS, MSFT
After reporting disappointing sales numbers, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), the world’s leading bookseller and the maker of the not-so-popular Nook e-reader/tablet, has surprised the market by signing licensing deals with some of Hollywood’s major studios. B&N is gearing up for a significant overhaul after founder Leonard Riggio made an offer to buy the retail and website business. These two things together mean that Barnes & Noble could more »
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Thursday's Acquisition of Goodreads Will Prove to Be Wise
By Brian Nichols - March 29, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, MHFI
On Thursday after the market closed, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced the acquisition of Goodreads for an undisclosed amount. With it being a long holiday weekend, this news flew under the radar, but it may go a long way toward Amazon’s next step of dominating the e-commerce world.
Social Media: The Missing Ingredient
In just over 15 years Amazon has gone from an idea to the world’s largest bookstore more »
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Undermanned and Understocked
By Tyler Wofford - March 27, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, BBY, WMT
Unfortunately for many American workers, when a company needs to save on expenses, they start cutting employees. Sadly employees have become very expendable simply because the company still has to sell products. It wouldn't make sense (in many cases) to decrease shipments, supplies, or products when they can fire a few people, still sell the products, and basically have the same results. However, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) might be over-steering more »
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Barnes & Noble Looks Determined to Dump the Nook
By Salvatore "Sam" Mattera - March 27, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, MSFT
Last week, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) announced a buy-one-get-one-free sale on its Nook products. Specifically, if you buy a Nook HD+ sometime during the last week of March, you will receive a free Nook Simple Touch E ink reader.
Given the Nook’s struggles to compete with Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle, the end might be in sight for the bookseller’s tablets. What does this mean for Barnes & Noble more »
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$99 Kindle Fire HD Could Decimate Amazon's Competitors
By Salvatore "Sam" Mattera - March 23, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, BKS, HPQ
TechCrunch reported Wednesday that Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) was planning to sell a 7-inch Kindle Fire HD for $99 sometime this year. With Amazon taking such an aggressive stance on tablet pricing, what does it mean for the online retailer and its competitors?
Amazon’s tablet strategy has been built around offering hardware at-cost
Since Amazon rolled out the original Kindle Fire back in 2011, the company has pursued a more »
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New Technologies are Threatening These 5 Stocks
By Salvatore "Sam" Mattera - March 21, 2013 | Tickers: BKS, BBY, CSTR, GME, P
Technological change is a potent economic force. New technology brings new corporations to the forefront of business, while old companies gradually fade away.
Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Gamestop (NYSE: GME), Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) and even Pandora (NYSE: P) are all companies whose business models are fundamentally threatened by technological change.
Best Buy remains threatened by the Internet
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The Nook's Slow Death
By Mike Thiessen - March 20, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, MSFT
In an unanticipated development, Barnes & Noble's (NYSE: BKS) current chairman has announced preliminary plans to buy out the company's surprisingly robust bookstore division and spin off its suddenly-struggling Nook e-reader segment. Although the company had been considering a Nook spin-off for some time, the timing and structure of this deal caught investors off guard. It seems as if the Nook's terrible sales figures during the 2012 holiday more »
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Retailers: The Search to Buy, Not Buy From
By Nihar Patel - March 20, 2013 | Tickers: BKS, BBBY, BBY
There are certain stores that I really like going to and buying stuff. Just because I will burn my cash at their altar does not mean that I want to own the retailer itself. Amazon would be my choice, but its valuation scares me. I might be a fool for avoiding it on those grounds, but I would rather be sorry and keep my money. Still, there have to be more »
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This Company Is Missing The Real Problem
By Chad Henage - March 19, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, TGT, WMT
When a company says they are looking at a “strategic committee to evaluate the sale of the retail business,” you know things aren't going well. Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) has been battered and bruised for a while by competition from Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), but the company is also losing sales to places like Target (NYSE: TGT) and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) as well. If a customer wants to buy a more »
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Back to the Future for Book Retailers
By Reuben Brewer - March 19, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, BAMM
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is looking at the possibility of being taken private by its founder. The deal, however, isn't going to include the company's Nook digital reader. Is this a good move?
Amazon changed everything
When Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) first came on the scene, it completely changed the book store business. No longer did people need to go to a physical store to buy books, they more »
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The Retail Threat Amazon Never Saw Coming
By Chad Henage - March 15, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, GOOG, MSFT
Many investors think of huge retail operations and two names come to mind first. The current king of retail is Walmart, and the king of online shopping is Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). However, one thing that's certain in retail is, no company can stay on top if they don't see the next threat coming.
This is a crazy idea right?
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Web Names Create Friction Among Top Companies
By Tyler Wofford - March 14, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, BKS, GOOG, MSFT
Everyone knows about ".net," ".com," ".org," and ".edu," but there are dozens of other web names available. Some big name companies are disputing over who can have which web names. The company coming under the most scrutiny about this is Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN).
Competitors are presenting the argument that giving Amazon control over web names such as ".book," ".author," and ".read" would be a threat to competition and shouldn't more »
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Stay Away From This Retailer
By Waqar Saif - March 13, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, GOOG
New York-based book retailer Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) engages in selling magazines, DVDs, newspapers, gifts, music, and games. As of January 26, 2013, the company had 1355 stores across United States, including 678 college bookstores.
Recently, Barnes & Noble released its earnings for the third quarter of 2013. It wasn't able to meet earnings estimates, and posted a net loss of more than $6 million. Now, the big question is more »
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Can the Nook Find a Home?
By Robert Hanley - March 12, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, BKS, MSFT
Despite negative sales trends in each of its business lines, national book chain Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) continues to find investors that see good value in its retail stores and Nook technology unit. In December, British publisher Pearson bought a 5% stake in the Nook business that valued the segment at roughly $1.8 billion. The move followed Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) earlier purchase of a 17% stake in the more »
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Barron’s Price Target for Barnes & Noble is Insane
By Salvatore "Sam" Mattera - March 11, 2013 | Tickers: BKS, BBY, MSFT
Note: This post had a millions-not-billions error. It has been fixed.
Shares of book retailer Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) traded higher after Barron’s argued that shares of the company might be worth as much as $38. Yet given ongoing trends in the marketplace, investors shouldn’t bank on it.
Looking at Barron’s bullish argument
Barron’s Barnes & Noble bull case can be found in an article entitled ”Beware more » -
3 Stocks With a Negative Outlook
By Masam Abbas - March 5, 2013 | Tickers: AZO, BKS, BBY
The earnings season for specialty hardline retailers will kick off on Feb. 25. As already mentioned in one of my previous posts, the Street has a mixed outlook on this industry. Following is a brief discussion on three stocks with a pessimistic future outlook.
AutoZone (NYSE: AZO)
AutoZone is a specialty retailer of automotive replacement parts and accessories. The company offers an extensive product line for cars, sport utility vehicles more »
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Three Stock-Moving Calls that Make Little Sense
By Brian Nichols - March 5, 2013 | Tickers: BKS, NS, WDAY
Sometimes an analyst makes a call that stretches beyond reason, and I often wonder what reason goes into making such a call. On many occasions, these calls are simply “following the leader” behind other analysts, in an attempt to create mediocrity within the industry to satisfy the funds that employ such firms. In this piece, I am looking at three calls that fit into this category, all of which are more »
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The Next Biggest Losers
By Robbie Laney - February 28, 2013 | Tickers: BKS, BBRY, FB, GRPN
Pick the winners, don't pick the losers. That's the name of the game, right? With that in mind, some might say don't even worry about the losers. Your focus should be on the winners. Isn't it easier to pick the losers? When a company fails, don't we all say we could see that coming from a mile away? I can't tell you who will more »