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Subject: Book Retailers in United States
Category: Reference, Education and News > Homework Help
Asked by: valone-ga
List Price: $40.00
Posted: 09 Oct 2005 14:56 PDT
Expires: 08 Nov 2005 13:56 PST
Question ID: 578264
I need a list of the top 5 competitors in the book retail business
besides Barnes & Noble and Borders in the United States by Monday
10/10/2005, 4:00pm CST.
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Subject: Re: Book Retailers in United States
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 09 Oct 2005 20:33 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello Valone,

According to the information provided in Barnes & Noble 10-K filed on 04/14/2005,
the top competitors in the book retail business besides Barnes & Noble
and Borders in the U.S. are:

Books-A-Million
Wal-Mart 
Costco 
B. Dalton
Walden 
Amazon.com


Below you will find relevant excerpts taken from the filing 

Competition 

?The retail book business is highly competitive. The Company competes
in the superstores business with Borders Group, Inc. (Borders) and
Books-A-Million. The Company also faces competition from mass
merchandisers, such as Wal-Mart and Costco, some of which may have
greater financial and other resources than the Company. B. Dalton
stores face direct competition from the Walden division of Borders, as
well as regional chains and superstores.?

?The  Company?s bookstores also compete with specialty retail stores
that offer books in particular subject areas, independent single store
operators, variety discounters, drug stores, warehouse clubs,
mail-order clubs and other retailers offering books and music. In
addition, the Company?s bookstores may also face competition from the
expanding market for electronic books.?

?The online bookselling business is highly competitive. The nature of
the Internet as an electronic marketplace (which may, among other
things, facilitate competitive entry and comparison-shopping) may
render it inherently more competitive than traditional retailing
formats. The Company?s e-commerce business through Barnes & Noble.com
currently competes with numerous booksellers including other
Internet-based companies such as Amazon.com and traditional book
retailers. With respect to the sale of music and movies, Barnes &
Noble.com competes with numerous merchants including other
Internet-based companies, such as Amazon.com and traditional
retailers. Barnes & Noble.com?s main online competitor, Amazon.com,
has a longer online operating history and a larger existing customer
base than Barnes & Noble.com.?


Source: 
BARNES & NOBLE INC 
10-K filed on 04/14/2005 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
Washington, D.C. 20549 
FORM 10-K 
http://www.hoovers.com/free/co/secdoc.xhtml?ID=16513&ipage=3398315&doc=0&attach=on


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Barnes & Noble, Inc. 
FORM 10-K 
For the fiscal year ended February 1, 2003 

The Company competes in the superstores business with Borders Group,
Inc. (Borders) and Books-a-Million. The Company also faces competition
from mass merchandisers, such as Wal-Mart and Costco, some of which
may have greater financial and other resources than the Company. B.
Dalton stores face direct competition from the Walden division of
Borders, as well as regional chains and superstores.

?The Company competes in the superstores business with Borders Group,
Inc. (Borders) and Books-a-Million. The Company also faces competition
from mass merchandisers, such as Wal-Mart and Costco, some of which
may have greater financial and other resources than the Company. B.
Dalton Bookseller, Doubleday Book Shops and Scribner?s Bookstores face
direct competition from the Walden division of Borders, as well as
regional chains and superstores.?
http://www.freeedgar.com/EdgarConstruct/Data/950123/03-4633/y85716e10vk.htm


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Mitchell Kaplan, owner of Books & Books  states that ?in a retail
world where competing booksellers include massive national chains such
as Barnes & Noble and Borders. Internet behemoths such as Amazon.com
and mass merchandisers such as Wal-Mart and Costco stores, independent
booksellers have to work harder to bring in customers.?

South Florida CEO, Oct, 2004 
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0OQD/is_10_7/ai_n7579414


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BOOKS A MILLION INC 
10-K filed on 04/28/2005 

COMPETITION

?The retail bookstore industry is highly competitive and includes
competitors that have substantially greater financial and other
resources than we have. We compete directly with national bookstore
chains, independent bookstores, booksellers on the Internet and
certain mass merchandisers.?

?Books-A-Million, Inc. operates under the names "Books-A-Million" and
"Books and Co." Traditional bookstores are smaller stores operated
under the names "Bookland" and "Books-A-Million".
http://www.hoovers.com/free/co/secdoc.xhtml?ID=14665&ipage=3421842&doc=0&attach=on


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BORDERS GROUP INC 
10-K filed on 04/08/2005 


Competition 

?The retail book business is highly competitive. Competition within
the retail book industry is fragmented, with Borders facing direct
competition from other national superstore operators, as well as
regional chains and superstores. In addition, Borders and Waldenbooks
compete with each other.?

BORDERS GROUP INC 
10-K filed on 04/08/2005 
http://www.hoovers.com/free/co/secdoc.xhtml?ID=42887&ipage=3389651&doc=0&attach=on


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Search terms used:
?top * bookstores?
Competition Borders
Barnes & Noble + competitors
Borders Barnes & Noble competition
SEC filings


I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7
valone-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
Thank you, thank you!  I will highly recommend your assistance to
anyone who asks.  Have a great day!

Comments  
Subject: Re: Book Retailers in United States
From: atk-ga on 09 Oct 2005 20:45 PDT
 
Note that B. Dalton bookstores are actually owned and run by Barnes
and Noble, and that Waldenbooks Bookstores are owned and run by
Borders. If you're excluding Barnes & Noble and Borders from your
consideration, you might want to exclude B. Dalton and Walden,
depending on your needs.

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