Both chain and independent bookstores are seeing a boom in visitors, as young people crave "third spaces" and show off their books on social media Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at ...

About 422 indie bookshops opened in 2025, up 31%, defying predictions of retail consolidation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While a handful of big-box retailers in the Boise area have closed this year, such as Joann, Kohl’s and Big Lots, another is ...

Across the U.S., several longtime retailers are closing locations in 2026 as lease expirations, property redevelopments, and shifting retail conditions reshape the industry. For bookstores, while ...

Elliott Management is preparing to appoint Rothschild to act as an independent adviser on its options to take its bookstore chain assets public, according to Sky News. An IPO of the company that owns ...

Bookstore chains Barnes & Noble and Waterstones are closer to being part of an IPO, according to Bloomberg. Owner Elliott Management has invited investment banks to pitch for roles on an initial ...

As a long-time lover of bookstores large and small, I’m always alarmed at news stories predicting the seemingly imminent demise of national bookstore chains like Barnes & Noble. (My concern has ...