Barnes & Noble

Microsoft shocked the world this week when it announced that it will pour $300 million into the Nook e-reader technology from Barnes & Noble. The deal, which is being called a win for both corporations, quickly gained approval from analysts within the tech industry. "I think for Microsoft to...

Amazon is facing a new threat now that its chief competitor has teamed up with Microsoft. What does this mean for the Kindle maker, and how will it respond? "I don't think Amazon has to do anything," Herman Leung, an analyst with Susquehanna International Group, told Benzinga. "They have been...

Fourth-quarter retail earnings season kicked off last week with mixed results from Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN). Many more retailers will post their results this week and next, including Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Macy's (NYSE: M), Barnes &...

The focus turns to earnings from retailers this week. Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) kicked things off last week. The former posted lower earnings per share in line with estimates, while the latter narrowly beat EPS expectations but revenues fell short. Here is a look...

When hundreds of thousands of consumers purchased a Kindle Fire last Christmas, they had no idea what they were getting. It turns out that the $200 tablet they acquired just happens to be a slightly modified version of a $500 tablet that no one wanted: the ill-fated PlayBook from Research in...

Get a Nook Tablet for the low-low price of just $199. That's $300 less than the iPad, for those of you who forgot that Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) leading tablet still retails for $500. And still rules the marketplace. And still forces new competitors to retire. Among the tablets on the lower end of...

Instead of selling off its publishing division, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) should use it to hunt for the next Harry Potter. Harry Potter was more than a book franchise; it was an event – an event that consumers lined up for in endless anticipation. From afar, onlookers might have thought that...

The bookseller's latest move comes straight from the Reed Hastings playbook. You remember Hastings, don't you? He's the guy who famously ran his business – the once-all-mighty Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) – into the ground, turning the growing enterprise into a wad of spoiled cookie dough. With every...

If you can't beat ‘em, run! That's the message Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been sending to tech companies that thought they could compete with the iPad after successfully posing a threat to the iPhone. But unlike the iPhone, which was limited in reach by an exclusive agreement with AT&T (NYSE: T...

The company is growing. Should Apple or Amazon be worried? Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) announced this week that its Nook business soared 85%, reaching $220 million in the last quarter. While critics will quickly note that this number pales in comparison to the billions of dollars Apple (NASDAQ...