W H Smith has reported a "good performance" for the 20-week period to 15th January 2022, with total group revenue at 85% of 2019 levels. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-18 20:43:57 UTC ]
W H Smith reported a group loss before tax of £116m for the year to end August 2021, although the retailer said it expected to return to “meaningful profit” in 2022 with a return to pre-pandemic levels. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-10 20:28:22 UTC ]
W H Smith has extended its bank financing arrangements, including extending two existing £200m term loans to October 2023, and reported a “better than expected” performance in the first part of 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-03-09 15:38:01 UTC ]
W H Smith has delayed a £25,000 pay increase for c.e.o. Carl Cowling after 33% of voting shareholders opposed the company's remuneration plans at this week's annual general meeting. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-20 17:11:37 UTC ]
Nigel Jones, formerly of Ottakar's and the Totnes Bookshop, and his wife Claire Jones, a former W H Smith children's buyer, are to open their own independent bookshop in Totnes, two weeks before Christmas. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-30 12:29:44 UTC ]
Richard Osman's debut crime novel The Thursday Murder Club (Viking) has been named W H Smith's Book of the Year for 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 01:31:10 UTC ]
W H Smith has announced plans for a major restructure which could see around 1,500 roles made redundant across the business. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-05 02:02:59 UTC ]
One hundred and fifty members of staff at W H Smith's head offices in London and Swindon have entered redundancy consultations, the retailer has confirmed to The Bookseller. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 04:43:21 UTC ]
W H Smith has confirmed it plans to strengthen its balance sheet with new lending facilities of £120m accompanied by an equity issue of up to 13.7% of its issued share capital. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-05 20:57:09 UTC ]
W H Smith has closed around 60% of its shops after the Prime Minister ordered non-essential stores to shut owing to the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-23 20:27:47 UTC ]
W H Smith has warned the impact of the coronavirus outbreak could cut its profit by up to £40m as the pandemic hits its Travel business. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-12 09:57:11 UTC ]
The mass-market retailer has launched a raft of changes at its Bath store, appealing to its core market of light readers and consumers of children’s titles under a new books duo. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-02 07:34:31 UTC ]
W H Smith's trading director for books, news and impulse Al Aldous will move across to W H Smith's online personalised greeting cards and gifts business next month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-25 00:40:53 UTC ]
W H Smith has unveiled its Books of the Year, with the retailer recognising two children's books for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-13 15:22:56 UTC ]
W H Smith has been boosted by a "strong performance" of its travel stores as the retailer says it expects full year results to be in line with expectations, ahead of c.e.o. Stephen Clarke's departure. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-28 09:11:14 UTC ]
W H Smith has opened a flagship branch of The Bookshop, the largest yet of its 12 standalone stores, at Gatwick Airport’s North Terminal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-05 09:37:10 UTC ]