Barnes & Noble Booksellers is an American bookseller with the largest number of retail outlets in the United States. The company operates approximately 600 retail stores across all 50 U.S. states.
Barnes & Noble's current flagship store at Union Square, Manhattan, New York City
Clifford Noble in 1893
Barnes & Noble corporate headquarters, 122 (122–124) Fifth Avenue between West 17th and 18th Streets in the Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City
5th Avenue store sign
Starbucks Corporation is an American multinational chain of coffeehouses and roastery reserves headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1971, and is currently the world's largest coffeehouse chain.
Headquarters at Starbucks Center in Seattle, Washington
Howard Schultz was chief executive from 1986 to 2000, and again from 2008 to 2017
Starbucks workers protesting in Seattle
Starbucks' caffe lattes