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5 Ways to Create an Inviting College Store Design

June 04, 2019

College stores occupy a niche in retail. Designed to serve a well-defined, specific audience, academic retailers require a flexible store design to best fulfill campus needs. Some colleges or universities may want their bookstores to celebrate strong athletic programs, proudly display campus traditions and provide students with a vibrant social space. Others may want their store to highlight outstanding programs, engage hard-to-reach student populations and maximize student convenience. A great college store is designed to meet all of these needs and more.Collegiate retail probably brings a specific image to mind. Maybe racks of emblematic merchandise, shelves stacked high with textbooks and [...]

Focus on the Future: Redefining College Retail

March 05, 2019

At the 2019 ICBA convention in Jacksonville, Florida, Ken Wincko — Barnes & Noble College’s Vice President of Marketing and Jennifer Russell — Director of Campus Relations for the Southeast, had the opportunity to present to the Large Store Group members of the Independent College Bookstor [...]

Proactive College Leaders Transform Retail

February 07, 2019

In recent years, proactive college and university leaders have begun investigating ways to update and upgrade campus retail. The goal? Lower student costs while boosting satisfaction and academic achievement with experiential retail environments.The rise of the smartphone, big data and eBooks has al [...]

UConn Bookstores Save Students More Than $1.8M

December 04, 2018

Focused on enhancing college affordability and elevating the student experience, University of Connecticut (UConn) Bookstores are beginning their third year in partnership with Barnes & Noble College. Within the first two years, the Storrs campus store underwent a major renovation, students embr [...]

The University of Kentucky Goes Wild for a New Store

November 29, 2018

For the past few years, the UK Bookstore has been at the center of an important transformation: the $2.3 billion building and remodeling of facilities that serve nearly every stakeholder on the University of Kentucky campus. The new 30,000-square-foot bookstore opened in May, 2018, inside the recent [...]

More Than a Bookstore: Retail Solutions Customized for Your School

November 07, 2018

With decades of experience in higher education, Barnes & Noble College has acquired expertise in designing solutions that maximize success for different institutions. A four-year private liberal arts school, where most students live on campus, has needs that are distinct from those of a communit [...]

Rethinking the Campus Store

November 02, 2018

Higher education is changing — but so too is the traditional campus store model.With shifting student demographics, new digital learning tools and shrinking budgets, colleges and universities are seeking guidance on how to manage these challenges and deliver the best learning and teaching experien [...]

My “New” Kentucky Home: UK Bookstore Returns to Student Center

July 24, 2018

Administrators at the main branch of the University of Kentucky in Lexington like to call the student center the “living room of campus,” but for nearly three years that important gathering place has been under construction. The building has been undergoing a renovation from the ground up that f [...]

Customizing the Campus Bookstore to Better Serve Students and Schools

March 14, 2018

The personalization of learning isn’t just a trend — it’s integral to the evolution of 21st-century education. And it’s here to stay.Of course, expectations around personalization extend far beyond the learning experience. As consumers aided by technology, students enjoy opportunities to cus [...]

UNC Student Stores Hosts Grand Re-Opening

September 27, 2017

A grand re-opening of the UNC Student Stores was recently held to celebrate the major renovation of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus bookstore.With a revamped café; expanded Bull’s Head Bookshop, which doubled in size with 70,000 titles; a new third-floor lounge; and one of [...]

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