M&A Deal Summary

Barnes & Noble Acquires Fatbrain.com

On March 27, 2000, Barnes & Noble acquired retailer Fatbrain.com

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Barnes & Noble’s 3rd transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Barnes & Noble’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Barnes & Noble’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2000-03-27
Target Fatbrain.com
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Barnes & Noble
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Fatbrain.com

Santa Clara, California, United States
Fatbrain.com, Inc. supplies online computer manuals, training texts and books to technical professionals.

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Buyer

Barnes & Noble

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1986
Sector Retail
Employees7,038
Revenue 3.6B USD (2019)
DESCRIPTION

Barnes & Noble is a bookseller and operates through retail stores and online. The Company’s principal business is the sale of trade books (generally hardcover and paperback titles), mass market paperbacks (such as mystery, romance, science fiction and other popular fiction), children’s books, eBooks and other digital content, NOOK and related accessories, bargain books, magazines, gifts, café products and services, educational toys & games, music and movies direct to customers through its bookstores or on www.barnesandnoble.com. Barnes & Noble was formed in 1986 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 9
Sector: Retail M&A 3 of 6
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 5
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 3 of 9
Year: 2000 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1989-01-01 Bookstop

Austin, Texas, United States

Bookstop, is a bookstore chain.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-03-19 SparkNotes

New York, New York, United States

SparkNotes LLC, is a offers guides of various subjects, such as English literature, history, math, biology.

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