The Barnes & Noble CEO says sales are rising because he trusts his booksellers to 'create good bookshops' and run each store the way they want to

• Sales at Barnes & Noble are rising because staff are it's not trying to make stores "homogenous," its CEO said.
• James Daunt started running the chain, which has 600 stores across the US, in 2019.
• "Sensible retailing principles" equal "terrible bookstores," Daunt told the Business Studies podcast.

The CEO of Barnes & Noble said the retailer has prospered because it rejected the "sensible retailing principles" that made other chain bookstores "inherently boring."