Barnes & Noble Opens New Store in Gainesville
Author Ginny Myers Sain to Host Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony and Book Signing at the Grand Opening at 9 AM on Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
Gainesville, FL – March 13, 2024 – Barnes & Noble is thrilled to announce the opening of its new Gainesville bookstore on Wednesday, March 20th. The new Barnes & Noble is located in Butler Plaza (3728 SW Archer Rd., Gainesville, FL 32608) next to Trader Joe’s.
The bookstore will officially open to the public at 9 AM EDT on Wednesday the 20th, with author Ginny Myers Sain cutting the ribbon and signing copies of her books. The new location showcases the highly lauded bookstore design seen in the most recent Barnes & Noble store openings, housing all the best books, toys, games, and gifts that customers have come to expect from the nation’s premier bookseller. It will also feature an updated B&N Café.
“In 2013, in the depths of the dark years for booksellers, Gainesville lost its Barnes & Noble,” said James Daunt, CEO, Barnes & Noble. “Now that real bookstores are thriving, it is with great pride that Barnes & Noble returns to Gainesville. We are opening beautiful new bookstores and could not be more pleased to return to Butler Plaza.”
Barnes & Noble is enjoying a period of tremendous growth as the strategy to hand control of each bookstore to its local booksellers has proven so successful. The bookseller is experiencing exceptionally strong sales in its existing stores and has been opening many new stores after more than 15 years of declining store numbers. In 2023, Barnes & Noble opened more new bookstores in a single year than it had in the whole decade from 2009 to 2019. The bookseller expects to open over 50 new bookstores in 2024.
The Gainesville location is one of two new Barnes & Noble bookstores to open on March 20th, alongside a new location in Meriden, CT. Each grand opening has drawn enthusiastic crowds that wrap around the building, filling the store as the ribbon is cut.
“As a longtime bookseller, I couldn’t be more excited to be a part of bringing Barnes & Noble back to Gainesville,” said Store Manager Joy Merrill, Barnes & Noble bookseller of 20 years. “Our loyal customers who travel all the way to Ocala and have fond memories of our previous Gainesville bookstore have been overjoyed at the news of our return — and we can’t wait to welcome them back to their beautiful new Barnes & Noble.”
Customers can discover more about upcoming events and news by following @bngainesvillefl on Facebook.
About Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest retail bookseller in the United States. The Company has more than 600 bookstores across the United States, as well as its online bookstore at BN.com, the Nook Digital business which offers both e-books and an audio book subscriptions service, the SparkNotes educational service, stationery and gift retailer Paper Source, and the publisher Union Square & Co. General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be found on the Company's website at www.bn.com.
Debb Hanks
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Barnes & Noble, Inc.
