Barnes & Noble Inc. named on Monday Timothy Mantel as its chief merchandising officer, effective immediately. Mantel was previously the CMO of GNC Corp. . Mantel succeeds the bookseller’s previous CMO Mary Amicucci, who left the company in September 2017 after 20 months in the role. Barnes & Noble’s stock was down 1.0% in premarket trade. It has plunged 32% over the past three months, while the SPDR S&P Retail ETF has rallied 11% and the S&P 500 has gained 1.4%.
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