Booksellers

The Hudson Group, the travel retailer and bookstore, released Q4 and full-year 2018 earnings, as well as their first annual report since going public in February 2018. Book sales are registered in a breakout of “literature and publications,” with that segment declining slightly in the three years of data provided, as “confectionary, food, and catering”…

From a short-term, publisher perspective, Barnes & Noble’s fiscal third quarter report was in line with their holiday sales update, showing sales just $400,000 below flat at $1.231 billion. Actual book sales did fall a bit, by $7.6 million or 1.2 percent, as non-book sales rose $19.1 million, or 4.9 percent, particularly as the company…

Barnes & Noble Education’s shares were down close to 30 percent in the first two hours of trading on Tuesday, after the company once again released lower-than-expected earnings and reduced guidance. Fiscal third quarter sales of $550 million fell 8.8 percent, down from $603 million a year ago. (Second quarter sales had fallen 8.1 percent;…

Indigo reported third quarter revenue just below flat for the 13 weeks ending December 29, 2018, with sales of $426 (CA) million compared to $433.3 million for the same period last year, a decrease of 1.7 percent. Comparable superstore sales were flat, with small format store comps up 2.8 percent, as online sales declined by $1.5…

Amazon reported fourth quarter results Thursday afternoon, and after a run up before the report, shares fell more than 4 percent in the first 30 minutes of trading on Friday. The market’s sour reaction was based on tepid guidance: The company currently expects Q1 sales growth of between only 10 percent and 18 percent compared…