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Inside CEO James Daunt’s Plan To Save Barnes & Noble | Behind The Business

Barnes & Noble was once seen as another casualty of Amazon. Today, it’s expanded to over 700 stores nationwide. In this episode, Fortune’s Phil Wahba explores CEO James Daunt’s plan to save America’s biggest book chain by making it cool again.

Inside CEO James Daunt’s Plan To Save Barnes & Noble | Behind The Business

Inside CEO James Daunt’s Plan To Save Barnes & Noble | Behind The Business

Inside the "Lifemaxxing" Economy: Has Fitness AI Optimization Gone Too Far?September 2, 2026

Inside The RealReal’s AI-Powered Authentication CenterAugust 19, 2026

Can AI smell you? This startup built a $130 million digital noseJuly 16, 2026

Almost 80% of Americans Prefer Human Agents, but Why Is AI Growing in Customer Service?June 25, 2026

Robots Screening Robots: Inside the AI Hiring Arms RaceMay 28, 2026

Substack CEO: AI Prose is an “Acquired Distaste” | Fortune AI Weekly September 14, 2026

Chinese Models Are Quietly Catching Up. Should Investors Worry? | Fortune AI WeeklySeptember 1, 2026

Student Thwarts Rogue AI Agent From Launching 'Supply Chain' Software Attack | Fortune AI WeeklyAugust 25, 2026

How This 3-Year-Old AI Company Became One of Europe’s Most Valuable Start-ups | Fortune AI WeeklyAugust 17, 2026

Demis Hassabis Takes on New Roles at Google Deepmind Amid C-Suite Shake-up | Fortune AI WeeklyAugust 10, 2026

Microsoft’s Azure Revenue Tops $100 Billion as Co-Pilot Hits 30M Paid SeatsAugust 3, 2026

OpenAI's Models Learned To Hack. Should We Be Worried?July 27, 2026

The Truth About Misaligned Model Behavior, According to Anthropic Research | Fortune AI WeeklyJuly 20, 2026

Why Meta's Ray-Bans Sparked a Huge Privacy Debate | Fortune AI WeeklyJuly 13, 2026

Anthropic's Fable is back. But U.S. AI policy is still a mess. | Fortune AI WeeklyJuly 6, 2026

Inside Gap's Comeback: Turning Cultural Relevance Into RevenueAugust 27, 2026

Inside CEO James Daunt’s Plan To Save Barnes & Noble | Behind The BusinessAugust 2, 2026

How On is Rewriting the Rules of Running Shoes | Behind the BusinessJuly 19, 2026

How Christie’s Made over $1 Billion in One Evening | Behind the BusinessJune 3, 2026

Can Nordstrom thrive in the department store crisis? | Behind The BusinessMarch 15, 2026

How Victoria's Secret Is Redefining "Sexy" | Behind The BusinessFebruary 4, 2026

Why Hyatt is Leaning into Luxury | Behind the BusinessJanuary 27, 2026

Crate & Barrel Wants You To Know They Are Much More Than Crates & Barrels | Behind the BusinessDecember 18, 2025

Inside Ralph Lauren’s Big Comeback — And How it Won Over Gen ZOctober 1, 2025

How Wayfair’s Betting on AI to Future Proof its $12B Empire July 29, 2025

How Keurig Dr Pepper's $15B Empire Beat Out PepsiJune 1, 2025

Adobe’s Secret Weapon in the AI Race? Trust—and Millions of SubscribersMay 21, 2025

Sam Altman: Safety Standards 'Not at a Place' to Push AI Capabilities Much FurtherSeptember 11, 2026

Why GM's CEO Mary Barra is Still Bullish on Electric VehiclesSeptember 9, 2026

Bill Ackman's takes on Mamdani, Trump and investing in the age of AIAugust 4, 2026

FedEx CEO on How AI Can Fix a $1.8 Trillion Global Supply Chain ProblemJuly 14, 2026

$4 Trillion Savings Gap: TIAA’s CEO on The Retirement Crisis June 16, 2026

Qualcomm's AI takeover | Titans and DisruptorsMay 5, 2026

Delta: Bankrupt to Billions | Titans and DisruptorsMarch 31, 2026

The End of Work: Vinod Khosla's Bold AI Prediction | Titans and DisruptorsMarch 3, 2026

Google’s AI boss made OpenAI issue code red. Now he wants to solve disease. | Titans and DisruptorsFebruary 10, 2026

Pfizer CEO took on COVID. Now he wants to cure cancer | Titans and DisruptorsJanuary 27, 2026

Kamala Harris says the ‘Glass Cliff’ Suggests Finality: “I’m Not Into That”October 14, 2025

Jamie Dimon on What Kills Companies and the Key to Business LeadershipOctober 14, 2025

Never heard of Toast? How a restaurant tech giant dominates global dining | Next to LeadSeptember 16, 2026

Meta’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Wearable AI | Next to LeadAugust 18, 2026

Tinder’s CMO Has a Hard No for Dating AI Chatbots | Next to LeadAugust 5, 2026

A McKinsey Partner Warns Slow AI Adoption Could Cost Companies Their Existence | Next to LeadJuly 21, 2026

Killing Vanity Metrics: How AI Just Blew Up The CMO Job | Next to LeadJuly 16, 2026

How Coach's Parent Company Keeps Winning Gen Z June 30, 2026

How Carvana survived a 99% stock collapse | Next to LeadApril 19, 2026

Big Pharma's trust gap? How Gilead is rewriting the narrative | Next to LeadApril 12, 2026

Can Adobe survive the AI era it helped shape? | Next to LeadMarch 22, 2026

Airbnb is building a travel platform, not just rentals | Next to LeadMarch 8, 2026

Red Lobster’s CEO says “organizations take on the personality of their leaders” | Next to LeadDecember 21, 2025

The 2025 Next to Lead ListDecember 16, 2025

This Mentalist Says He’s Training ChatGPT to Hypnotize People | Term SheetAugust 13, 2026

The $11.5B Startup 100 Investors Turned Down | Term SheetJuly 28, 2026

How this multi-millionaire investor spots billion-dollar ideas | Term SheetJune 23, 2026

The Investor Who Bet on SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic Before You Could | Term SheetJune 10, 2026

The $2B AI tool automating Wall Street | Term SheetMay 27, 2026

This creator investor on the truth about the AI gold rush | Term SheetMay 13, 2026

From a Palo Alto closet to $1 billion revenue: how Gusto cracked small business software | Term SheetMay 7, 2026

How to raise a CEO: The "Godmother of Silicon Valley" Esther Wojcicki | Term SheetApril 21, 2026

The Startup Fighting to Save the American Farm with Modern Finance | Term SheetApril 7, 2026

How Winston Weinberg built his $11 billion AI Company | Term SheetMarch 17, 2026

Why revenue is an outdated metric | Term SheetFebruary 18, 2026

Chemistry cofounder: “more talented founders than ever” are moving into health care | Term SheetFebruary 3, 2026

Why corporate boardrooms are facing AI sticker shock | Fortune AI PlaybookAugust 9, 2026

AI can now generate studio-quality video. Could it ever replace filmmakers? | Fortune AI PlaybookAugust 9, 2026

AI can spot cancer 16 months early. Will it replace doctors? | Fortune AI PlaybookAugust 9, 2026

Open vs. closed source AI: Is the future of AI free or behind a paywall? | Fortune AI PlaybookAugust 9, 2026

Can you trust AI agents? The 4 rules for safe deployment | Fortune AI PlaybookMay 5, 2026

The self-improving AI era: what are agentic loops? | Fortune AI PlaybookMay 5, 2026

What is AGI, really? The AI milestone no one can define | Fortune AI PlaybookMay 5, 2026

Is your data safe? The new AI cyber threat explained | Fortune AI PlaybookMay 5, 2026

Hate the Dial Tone? Press 0 for AI Support! | Fortune AI PlaybookMarch 19, 2026

How AI Ads Are Making You Spend More | Fortune AI PlaybookMarch 19, 2026

Is the AI Architect the Next Hot Job? | Fortune AI PlaybookMarch 19, 2026

Are Programmers Obsolete? | Fortune AI PlaybookMarch 19, 2026

Is a16z Betting on Crypto To Save the Internet’s Business Model? | Fortune Crypto PlaybookMarch 26, 2026

Prediction market scandals and Trump's latest memecoin dinner | Fortune Crypto PlaybookMarch 18, 2026

Kraken’s good week: A Fed account and a Nasdaq deal | Fortune Crypto PlaybookMarch 12, 2026

Will the crypto industry finally get its bill? | Fortune Crypto PlaybookMarch 5, 2026

We asked the White House about Sam Bankman-Fried. Here’s what they said. | Fortune Crypto PlaybookFebruary 26, 2026

Has crypto gone cold? Wintermute CEO explains  | Fortune Crypto PlaybookFebruary 19, 2026

Crypto just crashed… again. Here’s why. | Fortune’s Crypto PlaybookFebruary 12, 2026

Is Trump Bad for Bitcoin? | Fortune’s Crypto PlaybookFebruary 5, 2026

A Blockchain Stock Exchange? | Fortune’s Crypto PlaybookJanuary 29, 2026

The Rise and Stall of the Clarity Act | Fortune's Crypto PlaybookJanuary 22, 2026

A rugpull from NYC’s ex-mayor, prediction market hijinks & Lighter’s CEO | Fortune’s Crypto PlaybookJanuary 14, 2026

2025 Recap: CEOs discuss embracing AI, tracking wellness, and marketing for Gen Z | Leadership NextDecember 30, 2025

Expedia’s CEO on the U.S. tourism slowdown, AI, and 2026 travel predictions | Leadership NextDecember 23, 2025

Ad legend Dani Richa on AI, risk taking, and how advertising has changedDecember 15, 2025

Why Circle’s CEO Says Stablecoin Regulation Is Essential | Leadership NextDecember 8, 2025

Why entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian is doubling down on women’s sports | Leadership NextDecember 1, 2025

Why the Company Built on the Mouse Is Going All-In on Gaming | Leadership NextNovember 24, 2025

How CEO Zak Brown Turned Around McLaren RacingNovember 17, 2025

JLL CEO Christian Ulbrich on Smart Buildings, AI and Global Housing Challenges | Leadership NextNovember 10, 2025

Kecia Steelman on ULTA’s Global Expansion and Her Dream Collab | Leadership NextNovember 3, 2025

Brené Brown on Leadership During Times of UncertaintyOctober 27, 2025

Wendell Weeks on Risk, Resilience & Reinvention at CorningOctober 20, 2025

Eric Glyman on Ramp’s Rocket Growth, AI-Powered Finance, and Redefining Corporate FinanceOctober 14, 2025

Inside JPMorgan Chase's new office where employees are returning 5 days a week in personJanuary 28, 2025

Amazon Robotics: Inside the Testing Lab Where Engineers Design the Latest Machine Learning | FortuneMarch 25, 2025

Inside Walmart’s New 350-Acre HQMay 14, 2025

Behind IBM’s Boldest Bet: The Quantum Test LabJune 29, 2025

Airbnb’s 43-year-old CEO built a Fortune 500 giant— here is his daily routineFebruary 17, 2025

Inside the daily routine of Build-A-Bear’s CEO who led a multi-million dollar turnaroundJanuary 11, 2025

From Deloitte CEO to WNBA commissioner: Inside Cathy Engelbert’s daily routineSeptember 25, 2024

Whole Foods’ 46-year-old CEO works out twice a day and ‘fully uses up’ his PTO. His key to work-life balanceJuly 28, 2024

Behind the scenes of an F1 Academy race with Susie WolffJune 20, 2024

Crunch Fitness' CEO is a Marine vet with a rock-solid resolve who believes work-life balance is a mythMay 20, 2024

Girl Scouts’ CEO has run over 8 marathons around the world. Here’s her daily routineMarch 29, 2024

Momofuku’s CEO turned down the job "a million times" and says anyone who grows up wanting to be one is "crazy’March 7, 2024

Magnolia Bakery’s CEO reveals her daily routine for whipping up the next viral banana pudding recipeFebruary 14, 2024

The 38-year-old co-founder of $200 million Olipop is a college-dropout-turned DJ. Here’s his daily routineDecember 18, 2023

Daily routine of Neiman Marcus’s 51-year-old CEO who loves horseback riding and collects wineNovember 19, 2023

Orangetheory CEO: My daily routine 'biohacks' for better sleep and slower agingOctober 19, 2023

Fortune 500 Europe: In Conversation with Tech LeadersMay 29, 2026

Fortune 500 Europe: In Conversation with HR LeadersMarch 30, 2026

FROM DATA CHAOS TO AI IMPACT: WHAT INDUSTRY LEADERS ARE GETTING RIGHTNovember 18, 2025

CFOs and the Future of Work: Optimizing for a Human-Machine WorkforceNovember 13, 2025

Gen AI at Work: Rewriting Business and Talent StrategyNovember 12, 2025

From Complexity to Clarity: Leading with ImpactOctober 17, 2025

Sharper Defenses: Cybersecurity in the Age of AIOctober 12, 2025

90% of Companies Use AI But Only 20% See ResultsOctober 6, 2024

Fortune Director Roundtable Series: Cyber Security and the Board -Risks, Oversight and Protecting Your OrganizationMarch 6, 2025

How Fortune Future 50 companies see AI changing the workplaceDecember 6, 2024

Emerging CFOs on Staying Ahead in a Hypercompetitive MarketNovember 21, 2024

Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For - EuropeOctober 17, 2024

Inside Wonder's Plan to Automate Restaurants: From Robotic Kitchens to Drone Delivery | Term SheetAugust 26, 2026

The Upskilling Imperative: Building Finance Teams for the FutureJune 28, 2026

Amazon’s Historic Leap to No. 1: Inside the Fortune 500 ListJune 2, 2026

Fortune 500 Europe: In Conversation with the EditorsFebruary 10, 2026

JPMorgan is suing the customers who cashed in on bank’s “infinite money glitch” October 29, 2024

Max Levchin On Being ‘Employee Zero’ At PayPal June 26, 2024

How a 25-year-old CEO went from being homeless to launching a toy line at WalmartNovember 18, 2023

How Ramit Sethi made his first million dollarsOctober 29, 2023

Advice for student loan borrowers now the payment pause is overSeptember 17, 2023

How the CEO of H&R Block is using AI to automate the mechanics of tax prepApril 12, 2026

“You can't make everybody happy”: This CEO’s insight into leading H&R Block through a high-stakes tax seasonApril 9, 2026

Gun Violence Is Finally Dropping, but a Trump Presidency Could Change ThatNovember 5, 2024

How Black Women Organizers Broke Zoom to Raise $1.5 MillionSeptember 22, 2024

Malaysia's Prime Minister tells Fortune about attracting investment from Elon MuskAugust 28, 2023

Malaysia is betting on economic transformation. China and A.I. are key to making it happenAugust 29, 2023

Fed hike puts interest rates at 22-year highJuly 27, 2023

President Biden responds to the Supreme Court's decision on student loan forgivenessJune 29, 2023

Federal Reserve pauses interest rate hikes for nowJune 13, 2023

Yellen says U.S. defaulting on debt would generate a 'catastrophe'May 16, 2023

Pete Buttigieg on the need for less expensive EVsMay 11, 2023

Debt ceiling standoff continuesMay 10, 2023

Powell: The path to lower inflation will likely "be bumpy"April 17, 2023

Biden urges "responsible innovation" of A.I.April 17, 2023

A look inside The Peninsula Suite starting at $30,000 per nightDecember 5, 2023

Tel Aviv is the most expensive city in the worldDecember 8, 2021

Walt Disney World is turning 50November 19, 2021

Holiday air travel may be a headache this yearOctober 31, 2021

COVID derailed America’s largest mass transit systemsNovember 2, 2021

Airlines are hitting more trouble ahead in COVID recoverySeptember 20, 2021

COVID made renting a car even more of a headacheAugust 19, 2021

Vaccine passports are here—why are borders still closed?June 10, 2021

Gas prices expected to hit a 6-year highMarch 24, 2021

The travel industry is starting to rebound from COVID-19March 19, 2021

Vaccine Passports: What to knowMarch 10, 2021

Airbnb's IPO raises $3.4 billionDecember 11, 2020