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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 2002 2001 2000
(Thousands of dollars)
SALES
Bookstores $ 3,916,544 3,748,992 3,618,240
Video Game & Entertainment Software stores 1,352,791 1,121,398 757,564
Total $ 5,269,335 4,870,390 4,375,804
OPERATING PROFIT
Bookstores
(1)
$177,041 211,700 127,812
Video Game & Entertainment Software stores 87,071 34,087 6,014
Total $ 264,112 245,787 133,826
COMPARABLE STORE SALES INCREASE (DECREASE)
(2)
Barnes & Noble stores 0.0 % 2.7 % 4.9 %
B. Dalton stores ( 6.4 ) ( 3.7 ) ( 1.7 )
GameStop stores 11.4 32.0 ( 6.7 )
STORES OPENED
Barnes & Noble stores 47 40 32
B. Dalton stores -- 1 --
GameStop stores 210 74 65
Total 257 115 97
STORES CLOSED
Barnes & Noble stores 10 18 5
B. Dalton stores 47 35 61
GameStop stores 17 14 17
Total 74 67 83
NUMBER OF STORES OPEN AT YEAR END
Barnes & Noble stores 628 591 569
B. Dalton stores 258 305 339
GameStop stores 1,231 1,038 978
Total 2,117 1,934 1,886
SQUARE FEET OF SELLING SPACE AT YEAR END (IN MILLIONS)
Barnes & Noble stores 15.2 14.2 13.4
B. Dalton stores 1.0 1.2 1.4
GameStop stores 1.9 1.6 1.5
Total 18.1 17.0 16.3
[MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND
ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS continued ]
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