Barnes & Noble Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is one of the world's largest booksellers and one of the highest-rated bookselling brands in the United States. The company is a content, commerce and technology company that provides customers access to books, magazines, newspapers and other content across its multi-channel distribution platform. It operates about 717 retail bookstores in regional shopping malls, major strip centers and freestanding locations in 50 states. In addition, Barnes & Noble Inc. has around 637 college bookstores serving nearly four million students and faculty members at colleges and universities across the United States.