Comp Sales Rise at BN Superstores Barnes & Noble reported second quarter sales from their bookstores unit of $1.015 billion. Of that, BN stores accounted for $961.3 million, up 5 percent overall, with comparable store sales rising 1.4 percent. B. Dalton comprised $39.9 million, a comparable store decrease of 6.8 percent. At BN.com, quarterly sales fell 6 percent to $84.5 million, and the loss of $7.6 million was at the high end of the company’s guidance. The company reports profits a number of ways, complicated further by a one-time charge related to a recent bond redemption. But the message to […]
