Barnes & Noble will be opening new stores next year in Stamford, Conn., and Naperville, Ill.
The Naperville store is expected to open in April, reported WBBM. It will feature a cafe and reside in a space in downtown Naperville that once housed a Pottery Barn. It will be around the corner from where B&N operated a store for 25 years, until its closure in January 2024.
The Stamford store, meanwhile, is expected to open in the High Ridge Shopping Center in May. Per CT Insider, it will occupy a space that previously housed a DSW and it will be the second B&N in Stamford. It will span two levels and include a cafe.
CT Insider noted that new stores are also slated to open next year in Cheshire, Conn., and Southbury, Conn.
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The Barnes & Noble in Spartanburg, S.C., at 1489 W.O. Ezell Boulevard, is closing January 19. On Instagram the store said that after 28 years at the location, its lease is ending. B&N is looking for another site in Spartanburg and invited customers to shop at its store in nearby Greenville in the meantime.