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Barnes & Noble has acquired Joseph-Beth Booksellers, including the Lexington Green and Rookwood Pavilion locations and their Bronte Bistro restaurants. The stores will keep their names and independent identities, continue author events and programming, and operate from their current sites with Barnes & Noble providing resources and operational support for long-term stability.
Kotaku’s Warp Week revisits GameStop’s 2002 NYSE debut, where the retailer raised $325 million with Barnes & Noble taking a majority stake as it folded Babbage's Etc, FuncoLand and Game Informer into GameStop, a move that valued the new entity at about $972 million and underscored a booming video-game market. Analysts predicted 2002 would be a software-driven year with consoles expanding online capabilities, downloadable games, and tournaments, while retailers faced competition from Toys R Us, Amazon, and Blockbuster.