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Apr 27, 2016 · April 27, 2016. When Leonard Riggio bought Barnes & Noble in 1971, it consisted of a single struggling store in Manhattan. Over time, with swagger and an unwavering belief in the value of...
Jun 10, 2019 · 1971: Leonard Riggio acquires his first store. Riggio gets a $1.2 million bank loan to purchase the floundering Barnes & Noble bookstore on Fifth Avenue and 18th Street in New York City. The...
Aug 12, 2018 · Aug. 12, 2018. Leonard Riggio radically altered bookselling in America when he bought an ailing New York City bookstore and turned it into a national chain of megastores. Now, his company —...
Leonard S. Riggio. Barnes & Noble. 1965–2002. Industry: Retail. Era: 1960. Riggio founded the Student Book Exchange in 1965 and turned this small book store into a leading retailer. He acquired the venerable Barnes & Noble bookstore in New York in 1971 and adopted its name for his expanding company.
Founded: 1873. "Don't look at successful people as aberrations. Excellence is out there for anyone."- Leonard Riggio has been called "the Ted Turner of bookstores"-a mercurial maverick whose...
Apr 27, 2016 · Published 5:35 AM PDT, April 27, 2016. NEW YORK (AP) — Barnes & Noble’s founder and chairman Leonard Riggio will retire following the book seller’s annual shareholders meeting, which is planned for September. Riggio began Barnes & Noble from the ground up, starting with a single college bookstore in 1965.
Apr 18, 1999 · WHEN Leonard Riggio was a night student at New York University, he coped with the droning tedium of business lectures by snatching a strategic seat behind a student with a broad back and, he...
