Oh, there it is, in the article:
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Barnes & Noble said it [..] has tapped a group of [..] chief financial officer Allen Lindstrom, chief merchandising officer Tim Mantel and vice president of stores Carl Hauch [to run the company].
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Getting ready to get rid off all B&M stores. They gave up hope in salvaging anything - restructuring did not work, last straw attempt to fire the last remaining sale and inventory experts did not help (who knew?). Now it is off to the highest bidder and focus on online sales.
Wait, that might make sense, so that is probably not the idea.