Barnes & Noble Reorganizes Buying, Merch Operations

Steven Lyle Jordan · 01-24-2011, 11:37 AM

According to Publishers Weekly, B&N has cut a reported 45-50 jobs in its buying and merchandising departments, including a few VPs, and is planning to reorganize at that level to concentrate on the growing portions of their business, such as digital sales.

Speculation is high, and further details are scarce at this point. I speculate that they hope to automate as much of their current processes as possible, in order to cut down on necessary personnel, and downsize and streamline in a tough economy... if so, there could be more job cuts coming later.

Anthem · 01-24-2011, 06:38 PM

Hmm, very interesting. Thanks for the hyperlink!

01-24-2011, 11:37 AM	#1
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Barnes & Noble Reorganizes Buying, Merch Operations According to Publishers Weekly, B&N has cut a reported 45-50 jobs in its buying and merchandising departments, including a few VPs, and is planning to reorganize at that level to concentrate on the growing portions of their business, such as digital sales. Speculation is high, and further details are scarce at this point. I speculate that they hope to automate as much of their current processes as possible, in order to cut down on necessary personnel, and downsize and streamline in a tough economy... if so, there could be more job cuts coming later.

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01-24-2011, 06:38 PM	#2
Anthem Guru Posts: 704 Karma: 1622328 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: USA Device: Kindle Oasis, OnePlus Nord	Hmm, very interesting. Thanks for the hyperlink!

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