A HIGH street giant has launched a huge “everything must go” sale – with the beloved chain expected to shut 19 sites this ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kevin covers retail, airports, and the global traveling shopper. Last week’s spectacular collapse of 34% in the share price of ...

The past year has been a difficult one for the British high street with dozens of shops shutting and beloved brands going under, and the trend looks set to continue in 2025. Many high streets have ...

It must once have seemed that, "much like the British Empire, the sun would never set on WH Smith", said Alexander Larman in The Spectator. But the skies are looking dark. The retailer is currently in ...

Slough's main post office is set to reopen next month at a new location. The post office, which closed in May 2024 when the WHSmith store on the High Street shut its doors, will resume service on ...

British books and stationery giant WH Smith will sell 480 retail outlets to Modella Capital, the owner of Hobbycraft, in a deal worth approximately £76m (€91.2m). The Swindon-centred brand, which has ...

The British public has been left up in arms over the rebrand of the beloved books and stationery retailer WH Smith, which has been sold for £76m and will be renamed as TGJones by its new owners. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kevin covers retail, airports, and the global traveling shopper. Almost half of the 110 stores that convenience-to-fashion ...

HMV owner Doug Putman is the latest potential bidder considering the acquisition of WHSmith’s unwanted portfolio of circa 500 high street stores. Putman, a Canadian billionaire, rescued music and ...