allowed consumers to purchase video games online. GameStop.com was promoted in Babbage's and Software Etc. stores.

Growth and acquisitions (1999-2016)

In October 1999, Barnes & Noble purchased Babbage's Etc. for $215 million. Because Babbage's Etc. was principally owned by Leonard Riggio, who was also Barnes & Noble's chairman and principal shareholder, a special committee of independent directors of Barnes & Noble Booksellers evaluated and signed off on the deal. A few months later,

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