BNED vs DADA Comparison

Barnes & Noble Education Inc is an operator of bookstores in college and university campuses across the United States. The company is also engaged in providing digital education services. It operates in three reportable segments that include Retail offers existing and prospective clients the flexibility of physical, virtual, or custom store solutions, and wholesale is comprised of the wholesale and virtual retail fulfillment, and support operations of the MBS subsidiary, also Corporate Services represent unallocated shared-service costs which include corporate level expenses and other governance functions, including executive functions, such as accounting, legal, treasury, information technology, and human resources. It earns majority of the revenue from Retail segment.

Dada Nexus provides on-demand retail platform services and fulfillment services to retailers to sell their products, and online advertising and marketing services to its customers such as brand owners or their agents. It also provides last-mile, intracity and intercity delivery services to logistics companies, merchants and individuals on the Dada Now platform. The group fulfills the delivery needs of retailers on JD Now and customers on Dada Now mostly by utilizing registered riders on Dada Now. Dada's average delivery time for on-demand intracity delivery orders was within 30 minutes in 2023, faster than traditional e-commerce where delivery can take days. As of Sept. 16, 2024, JD.com owned 63.2% of Dada Nexus. Dada Nexus competes with Meituan, Ele.me, Douyin, and SF Intra-city.