Smaller Barnes & Noble Stores? ‘Yes, It’s Possible,’ Says Leonard Riggio
Several weeks before Chairman Leonard Riggio sold his latest tranche of shares in Barnes & NobleBKS +2.68%, he sat down for a chat at the retailer's corporate offices in Manhattan. Here, an edited Q&A:
WSJ: Will we see a smaller, 15,000-square foot Barnes & Noble bookstore one day?
Mr. Riggio: Yes, it's possible. You can't tell yet. Remember we had a really good holiday season. One of the things that you've observed is that it seems like the level of digital convergence from books to digital has decelerated.
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