New CEO James Daunt on what's next for Barnes & Noble
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James Daunt is the founder of the\\xa0Daunt Books\\xa0chain, and since May 2011 has been managing director of the bookshop chain\\xa0Waterstones.\\xa0 In June 2019, he became the CEO of the US bookstore chain\\xa0Barnes & Noble, acquired by Waterstones\'s parent, Elliott Advisors for $683m.
We met last year in London to discuss Waterstones\'s impressive turn-around. We met last week in a small room (with apologies for the\\xa0 loud-ish air ventilation system) in the basement of the Union Square branch of Barnes & Noble in New York to talk about what\'s next for Barnes & Noble (The green room was occupied by Malcolm Gladwell who was delivering a talk at the store that evening).\\xa0
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