WHSmith is the UK’s leading specialist multiple newsagent, a category covering books, greeting cards, stationery, newspapers, magazines, confectionary and more. Operations are divided into two divisions by location type: high street and travel. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about WHSmith and the books, cards and stationery sectors.
Grindsmith coffee store will open in Manchester Airport Terminal 2 alongside a newly designed travel essentials store. The company also announced a new store at Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
The embattled travel retailer announced the appointment of turnaround veteran Leo Quinn today. Retail Week analyses what the former Balfour Beatty boss will bring to the business, and what it means for the retailer’s plans moving forward.
WHSmith has appointed a new executive chair as the incumbent announced she will step down next month.
WHSmith opened its new, larger and brighter store in London Bridge station in time for Christmas.
Travel retailer WHSmith posted its delayed results today, revealing that group profit before tax fell from £114m to £108m and trading profit slipped from £170m to £159m in the year to August 31
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