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Klipper Retiring from Barnes & Noble

Company searching for new ceo

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9 years ago

January 26, 2015

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (New York) announced last week the retirement of its retail group ceo, Mitchell Klipper, effective May 2. The bookseller says Klipper will remain with the company in the role of “special advisor” on real estate and other matters, according to MarketWatch. Barnes & Noble has begun, with the help of Klipper, to search for a successor.

Klipper, a 28-year veteran of the company, is credited with expanding the company’s chain of 600 superstores across the U.S.

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