WHSmith is shutting four more high street stores for good in hours. The closures come as the retailer struggles to adapt to ...
It comes amid a glut of high street closures, partly due to the rise of online shopping and other economic pressures.
Full list of stores set to shut in 2025 - 17 stores are set to close across the UK by May, as the retailer focuses on its travel arm ...
WHSmith will close its Haverhill branch permanently ... The stationary giant has become a victim of the changing high street. The rise of online shopping has changed the way we shop, causing ...
The shift from people shopping in-store to online has also hit the retailer. Catherine Shuttleworth, CEO of Savvy Marketing, said: “As shoppers we now behave very differently and that has impacted a ...
Last July, we reported how WHSmith had opened new Toys 'R' Us outlets within its existing stores in a 'shop-in-shop' venture, including Swansea's Quadrant Shopping Centre, as part of 30 to do the ...
with the first ever travel shop launched in Euston station in 1848. Its more recent history has been lively: Waterstones owes its existence to WHSmith, and for a while WHS owned it, and then the ...
The business says it is exploring options, "including a possible sale" as its travel retail business arm accounts for most of the profits.