Some Barnes & Noble customers in Manhattan, West Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area will be able to get same-day delivery of their purchases through Google Shopping Express, according to media reports that surfaced Thursday. Barnes & Noble CEO Michael Huseby described the teamup as a test and a way to increase book sales both online and from its brick-and-mortar stores. B&N is floundering, having closed 63 stores in the past five years, and “could use any additional sales they could garner,” said IDC’s Scott Strawn.
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Flailing Barnes & Noble Turns to Google to Help Fend Off Amazon
Posted by: Richard Adhikari August 8, 2014 06:44 AMSome Barnes & Noble customers in Manhattan, West Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area will be able to get same-day delivery of their purchases through Google Shopping Express, according to media reports that surfaced Thursday. Barnes & Noble CEO Michael Huseby described the teamup as a test and a way to increase book sales both online and from its brick-and-mortar stores. B&N is floundering, having closed 63 stores in the past five years, and “could use any additional sales they could garner,” said IDC’s Scott Strawn.