Why not just ask them? Next time you're in, strike up a conversation with someone shelving books. In my experience, booksellers love talking about this stuff. The person in charge of the section often has real passion and can tell you their personal schedule. At my store, the lady who runs the horror/SCI-FI area told me she tries to reshuffle every other Friday, budget permitting. She said the big 'featured' table mandated from above changes less often, but her smaller, curated endcap is her baby. Building that rapport gets you better info than any online speculation ever could.
Compared to independent bookstores, B&N is glacial. My local indie horror shop changes its front window weekly, sometimes twice a week, based on owner whims and new arrivals. B&N is a massive ship; it turns slowly. Their updates are planned, approved, and rolled out. There's a bureaucracy to it. So expecting indie-speed changes from a national chain is setting yourself up for disappointment. Their strength is consistency and breadth, not agility. The table updates as fast as the corporate machine allows, which is methodical, not rapid.
My two cents: the update frequency has decreased post-pandemic. Before, it felt like there was more staff and more energy for frequent visual changes. Now, the store seems perpetually understaffed. The horror table at my local looks tired, like it's been there for a quarter. The books are dog-eared from handling, and the signage is faded. I doubt it's a corporate directive to update less; it's just a reality of stretched-thin employees focusing on restocking and checkout lines, not elaborate displays. So the 'official' policy might be one thing, but the on-ground reality is much slower.
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