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Barnes and Noble is a Fortune 500 company, the nation’s largest retail bookseller and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. Barnes and Noble provides customers easy and convenient access to books, magazines, newspapers and other content across its multi-channel distribution platform. To address dynamic changes in the bookselling industry, Barnes and Noble has been transforming its business from a store-based model to a multi-channel model centered on its retail stores, Internet and digital commerce. The Company offers readers the option of store visits, eCommerce, and digital delivery of books to devices of their choosing, including the award-winning NOOK® tablets and eReaders. Barnes and Noble pioneered the concept of the book superstore, combining vast inventory selection in books, music, DVD and magazines with comfortable ambiance. Our cafés and local marketing programs have made our bookstores anchors in their communities and great places to spend leisure time. As of August 1, 2015, the Company operated 647 retail bookstores in regional shopping malls, major strip centers and freestanding locations in 50 states. In 2009, the Company entered the eBook market and launched its NOOK brand of eReading products. With NOOK, customers gain access to the expansive NOOK Store® of more than 4 million digital books, plus periodicals, comics, apps, movies and TV shows. In addition to NOOK devices, the Company makes it easy for customers to enjoy any book, anytime, anywhere with its Free NOOK Reading Apps™. Customers can use Barnes and Noble’s eReading software to access and read books from their personal Barnes and Noble digital library on many third-party devices.
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation is one of the leading companies in the Retail sector.
Established in 2002, Astral has grown to specialize in high performance outdoor footwear alongside its industry-leading safety gear for paddlers. Independently owned and operated with a sincere commitment to making products of the highest performance and style for use in the water, in the woods, or in town. Astral is based in the year-round outdoor wonderland Asheville, NC and has satellite offices in Northern California, Portland, and Saigon.
Guitar Center is the world’s largest retailer of guitars, amplifiers, drums, keyboards, recording, live sound, DJ, and lighting equipment, with more than 260 stores across the U.S. 2014 marks the milestone 50th anniversary of the Guitar Center Brand as we continue to help people make music from coast to coast. In addition, the Music and Arts division operates more than 120 stores specializing in band and orchestral instruments for sale and rental, serving teachers, band directors, college professors, and students since 1952. With an unrivaled in-store experience and passionate commitment to making gear easy-to-buy, Guitar Center is all about enabling musicians and non-musicians alike to experience the almost indescribable joy that comes from playing an instrument. All we sell is the greatest feeling on earth.
At Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI), they love to get outside and play, and we know first-hand the importance of quality outdoor gear. They stand behind all their products with a 100% satisfaction guarantee, and they design their own line of award-winning REI brand gear and clothing. Each year, REI donates millions of dollars to support conservation efforts nationwide and sends dedicated teams of volunteers—members, customers and REI employees—to build trails, clean up beaches, restore local habitats and more.Through responsible business practices across the company, they strive to reduce their environmental footprint.