Foyles' Christmas sales up 4.3%

Foyles achieved a 4.3% like-for-like sales increase over Christmas, the bookseller has said. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Storytel Has Profitable Q2, Former Bonnier Exec Named CEO

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Print Book Sales Inched Up Last Week Thanks to Adult Fiction

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Bloomsbury profits jump as ‘joy of reading rediscovered’ in lockdown

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Blackwell's reports 'strong' Christmas sales

Blackwell's has reported "strong" Christmas sales with the chain's online business enjoying a "buoyant" trading period.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Children/YA Bright Spot In Soft August

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Humble Bundle Books Gets a Bump It Can Brag About

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Spoof humour books help W H Smith to 'strong' Christmas sales

Sales of spoof humour books helped W H Smith to achieve a “strong” performance over its Christmas trading period, with the company’s chief executive Stephen Clarke saying that group profit growth for the year is now “slightly ahead of plan”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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French bookshops' Christmas sales down 0.5%

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Foyles' Christmas sales up 4.3%

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Bloomsbury's revenues grow 19% in first half

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Walker Books increases turnover in 2015

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Blackwell's reports 3.1% hike in Christmas sales

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VIDEO: Bookshops celebrating 'Super Thursday'

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Waterstones Piccadilly expands children’s section

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Strong December boosts high street

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Germany looks to a last-minute Christmas

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