The Case of the Unidentified Industries Bookstore Chain

Giovanni Serauto, Julian Bär, Khushbu Shah, Marina Carro, YiFu Sun

PROCESS

Industry Brainstorm

Barnes & NobleNook

Amazon

High Inventory Rentals

15 BooksCollege Books Stocks

Turnover

Debt

Breakthrough PointInventory

B1. ICR : -6.212. AR : 43. PS : 15

A1. ICR : 7.352. AR : 103. PS : 0

J1. ICR : 8.052. AR : 263. PS : 0

K1. ICR : 35.712. AR : 63. PS : 0

96 98 14100806040200 1294

10500

12500

14000

15750

17500

Annual Book Sales

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

0

5

10

15

20

Sales: Books VS E-Books

Inventory Turnover$100

million50

0

-50

-100

-150 $157.8

million-200 08 1312111009

Net Earnings

FY

Barnes & Noble Analysis

Long Term Debt

Long Term DebtCapitalization

Account Receivable

Balance Sheet

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