techcrunch has it wrong. From
Barnes & Noble's 2012 Annual Report:
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The selected consolidated financial data of Barnes & Noble, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the Company) set forth on the following pages should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included elsewhere in this report. On September 29, 2009, the Board of Directors of Barnes & Noble, Inc. authorized a change in the Company’s fiscal year end from the Saturday closest to the last day of January to the Saturday closest to the last day of April. The change in fiscal year, which became effective on September 30, 2009 upon the closing of the acquisition of Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, Inc. (B&N College) by Barnes & Noble, Inc. (the Acquisition), gives the Company and B&N College the same fiscal year. The change was intended to better align the Company’s fiscal year with the business cycles of both Barnes & Noble, Inc. and B&N College. As a result of the change in the Company’s fiscal year end, the Company is providing financial data for the transition period and comparable prior period as defined below.
The Statement of Operations Data for the 52 weeks ended April 28, 2012 (fiscal 2012), 52 weeks ended April 30, 2011 (fiscal 2011), 52 weeks ended May 1, 2010 (fiscal 2010), and the Balance Sheet Data as of April 28, 2012 and April 30, 2011 are derived from, and are qualified by reference to, audited consolidated financial statements which are included elsewhere
in this report. The Statement of Operations Data for the 13 weeks ended May 2, 2009 (transition period), 52 weeks ended January 31, 2009 (fiscal 2008) and 52 weeks ended February 2, 2008 (fiscal 2007) and the Balance Sheet Data as of May 1, 2010, May 2, 2009, January 31, 2009 and February 2, 2008 are derived from audited consolidated financial statements not included in this report. The Statement of Operations Data for the 13 weeks ended May 3, 2008 are derived from unaudited consolidated financial statements not included elsewhere in this report.
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They shifted their fiscal year end in 2009 and it corresponds with the calendar year at the end of the period.