Barnes & Noble (Strategic Plan Analysis) Barnes & Noble is a company that was founded and owned by actual booksellers. To this date, they are the nation's largest bookseller and employ more than 50,000 booksellers in the 800 stores around the nation. Leonard Riggio is the founder and chairman with a vision that bookstores could be the place where people could be and become (www.barnesandnoble.com). In this paper I will look at Barnes & Noble's …showed first 75 words of 430 total…

…showed last 75 words of 430 total…planning, the Board review and approves the annual operating and capital expense budgets as well as new initiatives such as their successful entry into the retail video game market. The Board and management will also strive to create an open communication's line and a facility of interaction to deal with any problems that arise. Below is the SWOT analysis of the company: References Barnes & Noble Booksellers (2002). Our Company. [Online] Available: http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com