WHSmith is closing another two stores this weekend. The books and stationery retailer is shutting its Halesowen, West Midlands, and its Diss, Norfolk, branches this Saturday. WHSmith has confirmed ...

WH Smith has agreed to sell its UK High Steet business to Hobbycraft owner Modella Capital as it announces a “focus on higher growth travel retail markets”. This means the WHSmith brand will disappear ...

One of Britain’s best-known retail brands is to disappear from the high street as hundreds of WHSmith branches are given a new name. The owner of nearly 500 WHSmith stores has agreed to sell the ...

One of Britain’s best-known retail brands, WHSmith, is set to disappear from the High Street as hundreds of its stores are rebranded under a new name following a £76million deal. The iconic UK ...

WH Smith has sold its 233-year old high street business to the owner of Hobbycraft in a £76m deal. Sky News revealed in January how a sales process was under way for the arm, which employs ...

The high street staple WHSmith will close two of its cherished stores this weekend amid a slew of other shops shutting down. The Halesowen branch in the West Midlands and the Diss, Norfolk outlet ...

The sale does not include the retailer's travel locations, such as shops in airports and train stations, nor the WHSmith brand All the approximately 480 stores and 5,000 staff working for the high ...

WHSmith is set to close two of its stores today as it continues with the sale of its UK high street estate. The books and stationery chain's branches in Essex and London are due to shut their ...

Read our privacy notice. One of the familiar names in British retailing is to disappear from the high street after 233 years following the sale of the WH Smith store network to a private equity ...

WHSmith is selling its high street business to focus on its successful travel operations—notably the US, described by the retailer as its “most exciting growth market” The shift comes amid global ...

As the WHSmith name is poised to disappear from the high street, retail industry leaders are eyeing “fresh ideas and investment” from the chain’s new owner. The hope for a revival comes ...