The 2 Percent Solution Numbers should be pure, but how they are interpreted seems to vary widely, depending on both mood and context. In a holiday sales season that started with a brief flash of exuberance and then quickly fell flat, companies like Wal-Mart showing sales gains of up to three percent suddenly went from terrible to pretty good. All of this is just preamble for holiday results announced by Barnes & Noble. For the nine-week stretch leading up to January 1, comparable sales at their superstores were up 2 percent, to $1.04 billion overall. On the one hand, that’s […]
