By comparison, the company’s increase in bookstore sales slowed slightly from the prior year, but topped the increase that the company saw in 2003. In 2004, Barnes & Noble store sales were $4.1 billion—an increase of 7 percent over the prior year. And in 2003, the company reported bookstore sales of $3.8 billion—an increase of 4.5 percent over the prior year.
First Installation of Wireless RFID System in U.S. Library Deployed
By comparison, the company’s increase in bookstore sales slowed slightly from the prior year, but topped the increase that the company saw in 2003. In 2004, Barnes & Noble store sales were $4.1 billion—an increase of 7 percent over the prior year. And in 2003, the company reported bookstore sales of $3.8 billion—an increase of 4.5 percent over the prior year.