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‘The Goliath is Amazon’: after 100 years, Barnes & Noble wants to go back to its indie roots

Decoder with Nilay Patel

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You Walked Right Into JK Rowling

You decentralized control of inventory to the shop managers. Do you support that? Is that a decision that you leave up to them? I think we've so far navigated those in an intelligent and grown up way. It's not horrible for our business if we don't sell Harry Potter. We offer books from both sides of the political spectrum but equally on both sides, gender debates,. ethnic debates, Black Lives Matter. You walked right into JK Rowling. This is the one that I think is the hottest button it is across.

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