Syracuse U Transitions Campus Retailer Operations to Barnes & Noble School

Syracuse University has partnered with Barnes & Noble College (BNC) to handle all course supplies, retail, and e-commerce operations for its beforehand self-operated Campus Retailer. The transition begins this month and can proceed by means of the top of the calendar yr.

The partnership gives Syracuse a wide range of advantages, in accordance with a information launch:

• Entry to greater than 2.3 million digital titles throughout print, digital, and OER codecs;
• Entry to a big stock of used textbooks and a versatile textbook rental program;
• BNC’s First Day and First Day Complete inclusive entry packages, which bundle textbook prices into tuition or course fees at a reduced value;
• BNC’s Adoption & Insights Portal, which allows school and educational management to analysis, consider, and choose course supplies and look at real-time adoption charges;
• Expanded retail merchandise by means of BNC’s partnerships with Fanatics and Lids;
• Syracuse-branded e-commerce capabilities and in-store applied sciences;
• Help for Syracuse Athletics by means of merchandise, promotional campaigns, and game-day pop-up retailers;
• And extra.

“We’re excited to welcome Barnes & Noble School to Syracuse College and stay up for our partnership,” mentioned John Papazoglou, senior vice chairman and chief operations officer at Syracuse College, in an announcement. “Their experience will likely be invaluable because the College continues to give attention to delivering inexpensive, accessible course supplies to its college students and ensuring they’ve what they should excel within the classroom.”

“We could not be extra excited to accomplice with a world-class establishment like Syracuse College to handle all course supplies, retail and e-commerce operations for the College’s Campus Retailer,” commented Jonathan Shar, chief govt officer for Barnes & Noble Schooling. “Barnes & Noble School will rework the Campus Retailer right into a vacation spot that delivers best-in-class omni-channel retail experiences and supply course materials options that underscore our dedication to eradicating boundaries to entry, bettering affordability and enhancing scholar educational outcomes.”