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History

Ticker symbol Columbia, Missouri Class-action Antitrust Cengage

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Overview

Doing business as New York Stock Exchange College bookstores United States E-commerce

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Founded: August 3, 2015; 11 years ago (2015-08-03)
Headquarters: Florham Park, New Jersey, United States
Brands: Yuzu digital textbook platform
Divisions: Barnes & Noble College · MBS Textbook Exchange
Key people: Jonathan Shar (CEO)
Net income: US$−102 million (2023)

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History

Ticker symbol
Columbia, Missouri
Class-action Class action
Antitrust Competition law
Cengage Cengage Group
McGraw-Hill Education McGraw Hill Education
Pearson Pearson plc
Conspiracy
Denise Cote

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BNED

Nodes19

Edges18

Triples28

Avg. degree1.89

Density0.105263

Components1

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BNED

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related to history · 10

BNED → Barnes, In February, In June, Inc, New York Stock Exchange, Noble, Noble Education, On August, Promoversity, The

Divisions · 2

BNED → Barnes & Noble College, MBS Textbook Exchange

Number of locations · 2

BNED → 493 virtual stores (2025), 653 physical stores (2025)

Brands · 1

BNED → Yuzu digital textbook platform

Founded · 1

BNED → August 3, 2015; 11 years ago (2015-08-03)

Headquarters · 1

BNED → Florham Park, New Jersey, United States

Key people · 1

BNED → Jonathan Shar (CEO)

Net income · 1

BNED → US$−102 million (2023)

Number of employees · 1

BNED → 4,620 (2023)

Operating income · 1

BNED → US$15.9 million (2025)

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barnes noble college education bookstores new division inc bookstore follett exchange united states digital campus company e-commerce student jersey stores

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
BNED	Brands	Yuzu digital textbook platform	1.00	infobox
BNED	Divisions	Barnes & Noble College	1.00	infobox
BNED	Divisions	MBS Textbook Exchange	1.00	infobox
BNED	Founded	August 3, 2015; 11 years ago (2015-08-03)	1.00	infobox
BNED	Headquarters	Florham Park, New Jersey, United States	1.00	infobox
BNED	Key people	Jonathan Shar (CEO)	1.00	infobox
BNED	Net income	US$−102 million (2023)	1.00	infobox
BNED	Number of employees	4,620 (2023)	1.00	infobox
BNED	Number of locations	653 physical stores (2025)	1.00	infobox
BNED	Number of locations	493 virtual stores (2025)	1.00	infobox
BNED	Operating income	US$15.9 million (2025)	1.00	infobox
BNED	Predecessor	Corporate spin-off from Barnes & Noble, Inc.	1.00	infobox
BNED	Revenue	US$1.61 billion (2025)	1.00	infobox
BNED	Total assets	US$980 million (2023)	1.00	infobox
BNED	Total equity	US$131 million (2023)	1.00	infobox
BNED	Traded as	NYSE: BNED S&P 600 component	1.00	infobox
BNED	Type	Public	1.00	infobox
BNED	Website	bned.com	1.00	infobox

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