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Barnes & Noble is opening a new store in Lakeland next week, the second local shop to open in the region in a month and a week following the 50th its opened this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bookseller\u2019s new 13,000-square-foot Lakeland location is in a former Party City space in the Merchants Walk shopping center at 3615 S Florida Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grand opening is set for 9 a.m. on Nov. 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next week\u2019s opening comes less than a month after the chain opened a new 20,000-square-foot store in Pinellas County\u2019s Palm Harbor. That location opened Oct. 29 at the Highland Lakes Plaza at 33591 U.S. Highway 19 N.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Palm Harbor location was the eighth Barnes & Noble to open in October and the Lakeland store is one of six opening nationally Nov. 19 and one of 14 in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barnes & Noble has been on a growth spurt the past couple of years opening new stores across the entire Gulf Coast and nationally. Some of those openings replaced larger stores, other were entirely new<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The one in Lakeland falls under the former category since the previous one closed in 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what should be good news for those fearing the future of the book business, Barnes & Noble, which was bought by British bookseller Waterstones in 2019, says it opened more stores last year than it did during the entire decade between 2009 and 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It now has more than 700 after falling below 600 in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for 2025, the plan is to open more than 60.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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