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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The Company’s sales, operating profit, comparable store sales, store openings, store closings, number of stores open and
square feet of selling space at year end are set forth below:
Fiscal Year 2000 1999 1998
(Thousands of dollars)
SALES
Bookstores (1) $ 3,618,240 3,262,295 3,005,608
Video game and entertainment software stores 757,564 223,748 --
Total $ 4,375,804 3,486,043 3,005,608
OPERATING PROFIT (2)
Bookstores (1) $ 127,812 216,678 185,142
Video game and entertainment software stores 6,014 15,432 --
Total $ 133,826 232,110 185,142
COMPARABLE STORE SALES INCREASE (DECREASE) (3)
Barnes & Noble stores 4.9 % 6.1 % 5.0 %
B. Dalton stores ( 1.7 ) 0.1 ( 1.4 )
Video game and entertainment software stores (6.7) 12.5 --
STORES OPENED
Barnes & Noble stores 32 38 50
B. Dalton stores -- -- 4
Video game and entertainment software stores 65 -- --
Total 97 38 54
STORES CLOSED
Barnes & Noble stores 5 16 13
B. Dalton stores 61 89 43
Video game and entertainment software stores 17 -- --
Total 83 105 56
NUMBER OF STORES OPEN AT YEAR END
Barnes & Noble stores 569 542 520
B. Dalton stores 339 400 489
Video game and entertainment software stores (4) 978 526 --
Total 1,886 1,468 1,009
SQUARE FEET OF SELLING SPACE AT YEAR END (IN MILLIONS)
Barnes & Noble stores 13.4 12.7 11.9
B. Dalton stores 1.4 1.6 1.9
Video game and entertainment software stores 1.5 0.8 --
Total 16.3 15.1 13.8
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS continued