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Maybe Barnes and Noble?

https://www.theverge.com/23642104/barnes-and-noble-amazon-bo...

At least according to that interview, it was going well at the time about a year ago.

I worked at B&N for 4 years (2 before and 2 after the sale), it actually has been pretty good so far for the business. The stores have been given much more creative control over what they stock so it takes advantage of what's popular at that location (my location was known for our manga and young adult variety).

There have been some bad moves taken at the corporate level (cutting the book procurement team, massive reductions in corporate headcount, etc). This makes the stores have to be a lot more self-reliant and increased workloads. Pay kinda increased, but is still way below the average for retail.

Ultimately, it's good for the business, but it's not as great of a place to work at anymore. When I started, the average non-managerial employee tenure was 6 years, now it's only 2 years there.

Quite possibly, though the last time I was in B&N, earlier this year, I found it a fairly disappointing experience (though given how much they shifted shelf space to current hot genres, it's likely they are succeeding with a much different audience than in the past)

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