Barnes & Noble held its annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday morning, to a warm crowd of 50 or so rapt listeners, with a few hecklers reliably in the mix. (One gentleman guffawed both times CFO Allen Lindstrom said the word “innovation.”) Chairman Len Riggio kicked off the day by reiterating their celebration from early September of being named America’s “most reputable retailer” in the Reputation Institute’s 2018 US Retail RepTrak Rankings, moving ahead of Amazon, which Riggio called a “monumental achievement.” Riggio’s prepared remarks echoed themes from their early September earnings conference call, and he underscored that for the first […]
