The Daily Populous Saturday April 19th, 2025 night edition
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Barnes & Noble opening 60 new stores in 2025: See what locations are already up, running 'Barnes & Noble is enjoying a period of tremendous growth as the strategy to hand control of each bookstore to its local booksellers has proven so successful,' the bookseller said in February.

Show Caption Hide Caption Barnes & Noble set to open 60 new locations Barnes & Noble is making a major comeback, with more than 60 new stores expected to open across the US in 2025. unbranded - Newsworthy

Book lovers, rejoice! A new Barnes & Noble bookstore may be coming to a city near you this year.

After more than 15 years of declining store numbers, the American bookseller expects to open over 60 new locations across the country, following a period of "strong sales" in existing stores.

"Barnes & Noble is enjoying a period of tremendous growth as the strategy to hand control of each bookstore to its local booksellers has proven so successful," the bookseller said in a February news release. "In 2024, Barnes & Noble opened more new bookstores in a single year than it had in the whole decade from 2009 to 2019."

About a dozen stores — featuring the litany of books, toys, games and gifts that customers have come to expect from the nation’s premier bookseller — have opened since the beginning of 2025. Most, but not all, of the newly opened bookstores have a B&N Café.

Barnes & Noble did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment on April 15.

See newly opened Barnes & Noble locations

The bookseller has opened about a dozen stores across the country since the beginning of 2025. The locations of the newly opened bookstores are:

Brentwood, California: 2475 Sand Creek Rd.

2475 Sand Creek Rd. Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: 720 W. Lancaster Ave.

720 W. Lancaster Ave. Bellevue, Washington: 1140 Bellevue Square

1140 Bellevue Square North Canton, Ohio: 5501 Dressler Rd.

5501 Dressler Rd. Gainesville, Virginia: 8139 Stonewall Shops Square

8139 Stonewall Shops Square Grand Rapids, Michigan: 2236 E. Beltline Ave NE

2236 E. Beltline Ave NE Houston, Texas: 12850 Memorial Drive

12850 Memorial Drive Huntington Station, New York: 301 Walt Whitman Rd.

301 Walt Whitman Rd. Issaquah, Washington: 775 NW Gilman Blvd.

775 NW Gilman Blvd. Naples, Florida: 4149 Tamiami Trail N.

4149 Tamiami Trail N. Papillon, Nebraska: 7949 Towne Center Pkwy

7949 Towne Center Pkwy Superior, Colorado: 550 Marshall Rd.

550 Marshall Rd. Tequesta, Florida: 151 N. US Highway 1

AffectEconomy6034 on April 18th, 2025 at 16:47 UTC »

It's interesting that amazon killed tons of book stores, but barnes and nobles survived long enough for physical boom stores to be desirable again. From what i understand too they brought in some CEO that helped improve the business by not stocking too many items unrelated to books, moving said items upstairs, selling window space to publishers for advertising, and sorting books thematically rather than alphabetically. This last step was particularly valuable as it helps people discover more books they might want to read something that is quite difficult to replicate online.

edit: One other thing he decentralized book order so that local stores could do their own ordering and get a pulse on the community while also opening the door for new breakout books

jbm_the_dream on April 18th, 2025 at 16:28 UTC »

People need a “third space” these days more than ever, especially teens. It may be a giant corporation but it beats being alone on your phone.

jetjordan on April 18th, 2025 at 15:51 UTC »

Its wild how quick we went from "Barnes & Nobles is driving out smaller book stores" to "thank god something in competition with amazon still exists"