Back in September, billionaire Ron Burkle lost his proxy war with Barnes & Noble’s board, failing to kill the poison pill that kept him from upping his stake in the company. That made Wednesday’s shareholders meeting all but a …
Barnes & Noble is hoping to boost holiday sales by testing new toy sections, following the “store-within-a-store” model, in five of its locations.
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Barnes & Noble successfully defended itself in a proxy fight with billionaire Ron Burkle, who wants to gain control over the troubled bookseller. But Burkle hasn’t given up, and a new SEC “shareholder access” rule could help in…
A bitter proxy fight climaxed at Tuesday’s shareholder meeting. In the end, B&N Chairman Len Riggio’s defeat of dissident shareholder Ron Burkle was more fait accompli than 11th-hour surprise. And it left lots of questions unan…