A sales increase in its First Day program and more cost cuts led to net income doubling at Barnes & Noble Education in the quarter ended in October 2024. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
Outgoing Storytel CEO Johannes Larcher touted a sales increase of 9% and operating profit of $4.4 million in its second quarter as "the best financial performance in the history of the company." Larcher's replacement, Bodil Ericsson Torp, starts on October 1. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
Though the adult fiction segment was the only category to post a sales increase over 2022 last week, its 12% gain was enough to increase total sales of print books by 0.6%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
Harry Potter publisher issues third profit upgrade of 2021 after sales increase to £185mCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLockdown reading has helped the Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury to its third profit upgrade of the year after a 22% surge in annual pre-tax... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-06-02 08:20:05 UTC ]
The children/young adult category was one of only two categories that posted a sales increase this August over August 2018, according to AAP’s StatShot program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
In 2019, the promotional site that allows consumers to pay what they wish for bundles of DRM-free ebooks, reported a sales increase of 36% in 2018 over its 2017 results, for a total of $21.3 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Foyles achieved a 4.3% like-for-like sales increase over Christmas, the bookseller has said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publisher Walker Books saw its sales increase in 2015, according to financial accounts filed on Companies House. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones’ flagship Piccadilly store is expanding its children’s section after a sales increase of 20%. London regional manager Luke Taylor said the company decided to re-think the space after “the recent explosion in children's sales”, driven by reference, games and educational related... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
High street chain retailers have been buoyed by successful December trading, The Bookseller can report. Blackwell’s saw a like-for-like sales increase of 3.38% excluding its London Charing Cross Road store, which closed in June. Across its promotion and Christmas catalogue titles, sales were... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cheltenham Literature Festival had a “record-breaking” 2014, with almost 140,000 tickets sold, up 7% from the year before. People from all bar three UK postcodes attended the festival, and both Saturdays of the 10-day event saw more than 20,000 in attendance. Meanwhile Waterstones, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cambridge University Press has reported a sales increase of 5% at constant currency rates in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Operating income at Simon & Schuster rose 32% in 2013, to $106 million on a sales increase of 2.4%, to $809 million, parent company CBS reported. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Smith & Son has seen a like-for-like sales increase of 14.3% in the year 2011-12, led by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 28/02/2011 - 16:12 Strong sales in its UK campus stores have helped John Smith & Son to report a sales increase of 3.1% in its latest trading results. The academic and specialist bookseller reported sales were up from £39.3m to £40.5m for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]