Chains by the numbers
by Staff -- Publishers Weekly, 5/9/2005
666: Total number of Barnes & Noble superstores at the end of 2004
813: Number of Dalton outlets closed by B&N since 1989
16.4 million: Total square footage of superstores
1,700: Number of publishers B&N bought books from in 2004
42,000: Total number of employees
30: Number of employees who belong to a union—all at B&N's Sterling unit.
BORDERS462: Number of domestic superstores
705: Number of Waldenbook outlets
42: Number of international superstores
$227: Sales per sq. ft. at domestic superstores
$371: Sales per sq. ft. at international superstores
$274: Sales per sq. ft. at Waldenbooks
12,900: Sq. footage devoted to a superstore's books
1,400: Sq. footage devoted to a superstore's cafe
