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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.

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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.
Behind the Business
8:21Inside CEO James Daunt’s Plan To Save Barnes & Noble | Behind The BusinessAugust 2, 2026
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11:38How Christie’s Made over $1 Billion in One Evening | Behind the BusinessJune 3, 2026
11:04Can Nordstrom thrive in the department store crisis? | Behind The BusinessMarch 15, 2026
8:57How Victoria's Secret Is Redefining "Sexy" | Behind The BusinessFebruary 4, 2026
10:08Why Hyatt is Leaning into Luxury | Behind the BusinessJanuary 27, 2026
10:20Crate & Barrel Wants You To Know They Are Much More Than Crates & Barrels | Behind the BusinessDecember 18, 2025
13:22Inside Ralph Lauren’s Big Comeback — And How it Won Over Gen ZOctober 1, 2025
8:51How Wayfair’s Betting on AI to Future Proof its $12B Empire July 29, 2025
7:43How Keurig Dr Pepper's $15B Empire Beat Out PepsiJune 1, 2025
10:18Adobe’s Secret Weapon in the AI Race? Trust—and Millions of SubscribersMay 21, 2025
10:36Trek built a $2B business. Now Tariffs are jeopardizing its future.May 6, 2025
47:13FedEx CEO on How AI Can Fix a $1.8 Trillion Global Supply Chain ProblemJuly 14, 2026
55:39$4 Trillion Savings Gap: TIAA’s CEO on The Retirement Crisis June 16, 2026
49:12Qualcomm's AI takeover | Titans and DisruptorsMay 5, 2026
43:48Delta: Bankrupt to Billions | Titans and DisruptorsMarch 31, 2026
37:04The End of Work: Vinod Khosla's Bold AI Prediction | Titans and DisruptorsMarch 3, 2026
29:19Google’s AI boss made OpenAI issue code red. Now he wants to solve disease. | Titans and DisruptorsFebruary 10, 2026
48:34Pfizer CEO took on COVID. Now he wants to cure cancer | Titans and DisruptorsJanuary 27, 2026
32:50Kamala Harris says the ‘Glass Cliff’ Suggests Finality: “I’m Not Into That”October 14, 2025
44:40Jamie Dimon on What Kills Companies and the Key to Business LeadershipOctober 14, 2025
28:53How Ramp's Eric Glyman Built a $22.5 Billion Startup in 2,367 DaysSeptember 17, 2025
10:59How a Cancer Diagnosis Reframed Julie Sweet’s Approach Work and LeadershipSeptember 9, 2025
11:25How Accenture’s CEO Took the Leap From Law to ConsultingSeptember 4, 2025
61:15A McKinsey Partner Warns Slow AI Adoption Could Cost Companies Their Existence | Next to LeadJuly 21, 2026
45:23Killing Vanity Metrics: How AI Just Blew Up The CMO Job | Next to LeadJuly 16, 2026
30:57How Coach's Parent Company Keeps Winning Gen Z June 30, 2026
35:00How Carvana survived a 99% stock collapse | Next to LeadApril 19, 2026
30:16Big Pharma's trust gap? How Gilead is rewriting the narrative | Next to LeadApril 12, 2026
22:23Can Adobe survive the AI era it helped shape? | Next to LeadMarch 22, 2026
38:31Airbnb is building a travel platform, not just rentals | Next to LeadMarch 8, 2026
36:55Red Lobster’s CEO says “organizations take on the personality of their leaders” | Next to LeadDecember 21, 2025
2:04The 2025 Next to Lead ListDecember 16, 2025
38:46Can a tobacco giant build a smokefree future? | Next to Lead December 15, 2025
37:26How America’s oldest automaker is tackling tariffs, electrification, and AI | Next to Lead December 7, 2025
36:38How the bank founded by Alexander Hamilton is transforming for the future of finance | Next To LeadNovember 30, 2025
32:38The $11.5B Startup 100 Investors Turned Down | Term SheetJuly 28, 2026
32:19How this multi-millionaire investor spots billion-dollar ideas | Term SheetJune 23, 2026
52:40The Investor Who Bet on SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic Before You Could | Term SheetJune 10, 2026
39:46The $2B AI tool automating Wall Street | Term SheetMay 27, 2026
35:06This creator investor on the truth about the AI gold rush | Term SheetMay 13, 2026
36:26From a Palo Alto closet to $1 billion revenue: how Gusto cracked small business software | Term SheetMay 7, 2026
32:24How to raise a CEO: The "Godmother of Silicon Valley" Esther Wojcicki | Term SheetApril 21, 2026
29:02The Startup Fighting to Save the American Farm with Modern Finance | Term SheetApril 7, 2026
51:28How Winston Weinberg built his $11 billion AI Company | Term SheetMarch 17, 2026
26:02Why revenue is an outdated metric | Term SheetFebruary 18, 2026
39:10Chemistry cofounder: “more talented founders than ever” are moving into health care | Term SheetFebruary 3, 2026
40:16Exelon CEO on if our utilities can handle the AI boom | Term SheetJanuary 21, 2026
2:22Can you trust AI agents? The 4 rules for safe deployment | Fortune AI PlaybookMay 5, 2026
2:34The self-improving AI era: what are agentic loops? | Fortune AI PlaybookMay 5, 2026
3:49What is AGI, really? The AI milestone no one can define | Fortune AI PlaybookMay 5, 2026
2:02Is your data safe? The new AI cyber threat explained | Fortune AI PlaybookMay 5, 2026
1:58Hate the Dial Tone? Press 0 for AI Support! | Fortune AI PlaybookMarch 19, 2026
2:56How AI Ads Are Making You Spend More | Fortune AI PlaybookMarch 19, 2026
1:57Is the AI Architect the Next Hot Job? | Fortune AI PlaybookMarch 19, 2026
2:56Are Programmers Obsolete? | Fortune AI PlaybookMarch 19, 2026
33:49Is a16z Betting on Crypto To Save the Internet’s Business Model? | Fortune Crypto PlaybookMarch 26, 2026
22:31Prediction market scandals and Trump's latest memecoin dinner | Fortune Crypto PlaybookMarch 18, 2026
35:24Kraken’s good week: A Fed account and a Nasdaq deal | Fortune Crypto PlaybookMarch 12, 2026
37:55Will the crypto industry finally get its bill? | Fortune Crypto PlaybookMarch 5, 2026
22:05We asked the White House about Sam Bankman-Fried. Here’s what they said. | Fortune Crypto PlaybookFebruary 26, 2026
34:27Has crypto gone cold? Wintermute CEO explains | Fortune Crypto PlaybookFebruary 19, 2026
31:49Crypto just crashed… again. Here’s why. | Fortune’s Crypto PlaybookFebruary 12, 2026
20:59Is Trump Bad for Bitcoin? | Fortune’s Crypto PlaybookFebruary 5, 2026
25:01A Blockchain Stock Exchange? | Fortune’s Crypto PlaybookJanuary 29, 2026
27:14The Rise and Stall of the Clarity Act | Fortune's Crypto PlaybookJanuary 22, 2026
31:40 A rugpull from NYC’s ex-mayor, prediction market hijinks & Lighter’s CEO | Fortune’s Crypto PlaybookJanuary 14, 2026
31:43Year Ahead: Crypto 2026January 7, 2026
16:242025 Recap: CEOs discuss embracing AI, tracking wellness, and marketing for Gen Z | Leadership NextDecember 30, 2025
30:12 Expedia’s CEO on the U.S. tourism slowdown, AI, and 2026 travel predictions | Leadership NextDecember 23, 2025
35:19Ad legend Dani Richa on AI, risk taking, and how advertising has changedDecember 15, 2025
34:49Why Circle’s CEO Says Stablecoin Regulation Is Essential | Leadership NextDecember 8, 2025
29:52Why entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian is doubling down on women’s sports | Leadership NextDecember 1, 2025
28:57Why the Company Built on the Mouse Is Going All-In on Gaming | Leadership NextNovember 24, 2025
33:52How CEO Zak Brown Turned Around McLaren RacingNovember 17, 2025
39:06JLL CEO Christian Ulbrich on Smart Buildings, AI and Global Housing Challenges | Leadership NextNovember 10, 2025
33:23Kecia Steelman on ULTA’s Global Expansion and Her Dream Collab | Leadership NextNovember 3, 2025
31:10Brené Brown on Leadership During Times of UncertaintyOctober 27, 2025
35:21Wendell Weeks on Risk, Resilience & Reinvention at CorningOctober 20, 2025
32:44Eric Glyman on Ramp’s Rocket Growth, AI-Powered Finance, and Redefining Corporate FinanceOctober 14, 2025
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8:08Amazon Robotics: Inside the Testing Lab Where Engineers Design the Latest Machine Learning | FortuneMarch 25, 2025
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Day In The Life
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7:27Inside the daily routine of Build-A-Bear’s CEO who led a multi-million dollar turnaroundJanuary 11, 2025
5:37 From Deloitte CEO to WNBA commissioner: Inside Cathy Engelbert’s daily routineSeptember 25, 2024
5:40Whole Foods’ 46-year-old CEO works out twice a day and ‘fully uses up’ his PTO. His key to work-life balanceJuly 28, 2024
5:40Behind the scenes of an F1 Academy race with Susie WolffJune 20, 2024
4:29Crunch Fitness' CEO is a Marine vet with a rock-solid resolve who believes work-life balance is a mythMay 20, 2024
4:21Girl Scouts’ CEO has run over 8 marathons around the world. Here’s her daily routineMarch 29, 2024
4:04Momofuku’s CEO turned down the job "a million times" and says anyone who grows up wanting to be one is "crazy’March 7, 2024
5:01Magnolia Bakery’s CEO reveals her daily routine for whipping up the next viral banana pudding recipeFebruary 14, 2024
4:37The 38-year-old co-founder of $200 million Olipop is a college-dropout-turned DJ. Here’s his daily routineDecember 18, 2023
5:48Daily routine of Neiman Marcus’s 51-year-old CEO who loves horseback riding and collects wineNovember 19, 2023
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Virtual Conversations
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59:35FROM DATA CHAOS TO AI IMPACT: WHAT INDUSTRY LEADERS ARE GETTING RIGHTNovember 18, 2025
57:13CFOs and the Future of Work: Optimizing for a Human-Machine WorkforceNovember 13, 2025
59:42Gen AI at Work: Rewriting Business and Talent StrategyNovember 12, 2025
58:46From Complexity to Clarity: Leading with ImpactOctober 17, 2025
58:32Sharper Defenses: Cybersecurity in the Age of AIOctober 12, 2025
58:0190% of Companies Use AI But Only 20% See ResultsOctober 6, 2024
57:33Fortune Director Roundtable Series: Cyber Security and the Board -Risks, Oversight and Protecting Your OrganizationMarch 6, 2025
55:28How Fortune Future 50 companies see AI changing the workplaceDecember 6, 2024
57:14Emerging CFOs on Staying Ahead in a Hypercompetitive MarketNovember 21, 2024
56:21Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For - EuropeOctober 17, 2024
Finance
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56:55The Upskilling Imperative: Building Finance Teams for the FutureJune 29, 2026
52:40The Investor Who Bet on SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic Before You Could | Term SheetJune 10, 2026
2:40Amazon’s Historic Leap to No. 1: Inside the Fortune 500 ListJune 2, 2026
57:44Fortune 500 Europe: In Conversation with the EditorsFebruary 10, 2026
0:40JPMorgan is suing the customers who cashed in on bank’s “infinite money glitch” October 29, 2024
19:46Max Levchin On Being ‘Employee Zero’ At PayPal June 26, 2024
3:05How a 25-year-old CEO went from being homeless to launching a toy line at WalmartNovember 18, 2023
7:55How Ramit Sethi made his first million dollarsOctober 29, 2023
4:12 Advice for student loan borrowers now the payment pause is overSeptember 17, 2023
1:21Here's why Lyft CEO David Risher invested over $1 million into the companyAugust 23, 2023
4:35How to Save, Spend, and Invest in Your 30sJuly 17, 2023
Leadership
61:15A McKinsey Partner Warns Slow AI Adoption Could Cost Companies Their Existence | Next to LeadJuly 21, 2026
45:23Killing Vanity Metrics: How AI Just Blew Up The CMO Job | Next to LeadJuly 16, 2026
47:13FedEx CEO on How AI Can Fix a $1.8 Trillion Global Supply Chain ProblemJuly 14, 2026
30:57How Coach's Parent Company Keeps Winning Gen Z June 30, 2026
55:39$4 Trillion Savings Gap: TIAA’s CEO on The Retirement Crisis June 16, 2026
49:12Qualcomm's AI takeover | Titans and DisruptorsMay 5, 2026
35:00How Carvana survived a 99% stock collapse | Next to LeadApril 19, 2026
2:23How the CEO of H&R Block is using AI to automate the mechanics of tax prepApril 12, 2026
2:25“You can't make everybody happy”: This CEO’s insight into leading H&R Block through a high-stakes tax seasonApril 9, 2026
30:16Big Pharma's trust gap? How Gilead is rewriting the narrative | Next to LeadApril 12, 2026
43:48Delta: Bankrupt to Billions | Titans and DisruptorsMarch 31, 2026
22:23Can Adobe survive the AI era it helped shape? | Next to LeadMarch 22, 2026
Politics
15:12Gun Violence Is Finally Dropping, but a Trump Presidency Could Change ThatNovember 5, 2024
69:02How Black Women Organizers Broke Zoom to Raise $1.5 MillionSeptember 22, 2024
17:48Malaysia's Prime Minister tells Fortune about attracting investment from Elon MuskAugust 28, 2023
10:54Malaysia is betting on economic transformation. China and A.I. are key to making it happenAugust 29, 2023
1:10Fed hike puts interest rates at 22-year highJuly 27, 2023
1:46President Biden responds to the Supreme Court's decision on student loan forgivenessJune 29, 2023
0:55Federal Reserve pauses interest rate hikes for nowJune 13, 2023
1:25Yellen says U.S. defaulting on debt would generate a 'catastrophe'May 16, 2023
1:28Pete Buttigieg on the need for less expensive EVsMay 11, 2023
2:44Debt ceiling standoff continuesMay 10, 2023
1:07Powell: The path to lower inflation will likely "be bumpy"April 17, 2023
1:31 Biden urges "responsible innovation" of A.I.April 17, 2023
Travel
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1:17Tel Aviv is the most expensive city in the worldDecember 8, 2021
2:02Walt Disney World is turning 50November 19, 2021
1:25Holiday air travel may be a headache this yearOctober 31, 2021
6:55COVID derailed America’s largest mass transit systemsNovember 2, 2021
1:05Airlines are hitting more trouble ahead in COVID recoverySeptember 20, 2021
4:34COVID made renting a car even more of a headacheAugust 19, 2021
14:06Vaccine passports are here—why are borders still closed?June 10, 2021
0:59Gas prices expected to hit a 6-year highMarch 24, 2021
1:10The travel industry is starting to rebound from COVID-19March 19, 2021
1:49Vaccine Passports: What to knowMarch 10, 2021
1:24Airbnb's IPO raises $3.4 billionDecember 11, 2020
Tech
24:48OpenAI's Models Learned To Hack. Should We Be Worried?July 27, 2026
25:31The Truth About Misaligned Model Behavior, According to Anthropic Research | Fortune AI WeeklyJuly 20, 2026
10:51Can AI smell you? This startup built a $130 million digital noseJuly 16, 2026
24:08Why Meta's Ray-Bans Sparked a Huge Privacy Debate | Fortune AI WeeklyJuly 13, 2026
19:42Anthropic's Fable is back. But U.S. AI policy is still a mess. | Fortune AI WeeklyJuly 6, 2026
9:22Almost 80% of Americans Prefer Human Agents, but Why Is AI Growing in Customer Service?June 25, 2026
32:19How this multi-millionaire investor spots billion-dollar ideas | Term SheetJune 23, 2026
11:32Robots Screening Robots: Inside the AI Hiring Arms RaceMay 28, 2026
39:46The $2B AI tool automating Wall Street | Term SheetMay 27, 2026
35:06This creator investor on the truth about the AI gold rush | Term SheetMay 13, 2026
36:26From a Palo Alto closet to $1 billion revenue: how Gusto cracked small business software | Term SheetMay 7, 2026
2:22Can you trust AI agents? The 4 rules for safe deployment | Fortune AI PlaybookMay 5, 2026





























