Company Description
As a top company in the Specialty Retailers industry Barnes & Noble specialize in the publishing and retail of books.

Business Industry - Specialty Retailers
The general business activity and principal products or commercial enterprise of Barnes & Noble are categorized as being part of the Specialty Retailers Industry.

Barnes & Noble Slogan
A slogan is a short, memorable catch phrase, tagline or motto used to to identify a product or company in advertisements. The advertising slogan, or business slogan most associated with Barnes & Noble, is:

"The Booksellers"

Barnes & Noble Mission Statement and/or Vision Statement
Mission Statements and Vision Statements are written for customers and employees of corporations. A Mission Statement can be defined as a sentence or short paragraph written by a company or business which reflects its core purpose, identity, values and principle business aims. The definition for a Vision Statement is a sentence or short paragraph providing a broad, aspirational image of the future.

Barnes & Noble Mission Statement:

"Our mission is to operate the best specialty retail business in America, regardless of the product we sell. Because the product we sell is books, our aspirations must be consistent with the promise and the ideals of the volumes which line our shelves. To say that our mission exists independent of the product we sell is to demean the importance and the distinction of being booksellers.

As booksellers we are determined to be the very best in our business, regardless of the size, pedigree or inclinations of our competitors. We will continue to bring our industry nuances of style and approaches to bookselling which are consistent with our evolving aspirations.

Above all, we expect to be a credit to the communities we serve, a valuable resource to our customers, and a place where our dedicated booksellers can grow and prosper. Toward this end we will not only listen to our customers and booksellers but embrace the idea that the Company is at their service."

Barnes & Noble, a Top Fortune 500 Company

Barnes & Noble appears in the 2008 Fortune 500 company listing. Every year Fortune the American business magazine compiles, ranks and publishes a list of the top 500 U.S. public corporations based on their gross revenue. The Top Fortune 500 Company list provides Fortune magazine readers with facts and information about the top companies and their contributions to the American economy. Companies eligible for inclusion in the Top Fortune 500 Company list are are those incorporated in the United States and whose revenues are publicly available.

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Useful Definitions about a company such as Barnes & Noble
Useful definitions related to a company, like Barnes & Noble, businesses and corporations - all useful business information. A company is a form of business organization in which ownership is established through the issue of shares. A corporation, termed as a limited company in the UK (Ltd.), are legal entities separate from the persons that form it. A company or corporation is recognized by the law to have rights and responsibilities like actual people. The names of companies are the names by which corporations are identified, such as Barnes & Noble. The word "company" may refer to a partnership or to a sole proprietorship so the names of many business corporations end with "Ltd.","Inc." or "Plc" reflecting the Limited Liability if companies or businesses fail, in which case neither the shareholders nor the employees are held liable for debts. Public companies are listed on the Stock Exchange and their shares are available for the public to invest in.