Bethesda Barnes & Noble Safe Amid Retail Store Closures
The bookstore giant will close retail stores across the country in coming years, but a spokeswoman says there's no plans to close Bethesda's iconic downtown location.
Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble has plans to whittle down its retail stores, going from 689 stores to about 450 to 500 across the country in 10 years, according to news reports. Mitchell Klipper, chief executive of Barnes & Noble's retail group, told The Wall Street Journal that Barnes & Noble has plans in the works to close existing stores and cut back on opening new ones, evening out to a loss of about 20 stores per year, The LA Times reported. But according to a Barnes & Noble spokeswoman, Bethesda residents have no cause for concern. The iconic Bethesda Row retail store, a downtown Bethesda landmark, is not among those that will be closed. Retail bookstores are facing challenges from the growing popularity of e-books, The LA Times …
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nasibah
2:46 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
Honestly I wmt there when it first opened since I could walk but, now the traffic is so horrible I go to the one on Rockville Pike. I think I would get books from Amazon before shopping downtown Bethesda anymore. I can see the store from my second floor window though..... more ›