Barnes & Noble Has Become an Antidote to Amazon

If someone said ten years ago that Barnes & Noble, the U.S. book seller, would experience a resurgence in the mid-2020s, few would believe the prediction. And yet, Barnes & Noble is doing just that by opening dozens of stores a year, defying consensus expectations of a there being a retail desert drained of water by Amazon. Thanks to a multi-year expansion, the number of Barnes & Noble stores…