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For the first time since 1792, high streets will be without WH Smith stores. It marks the end of a lengthy era - but UK ...

One of the most iconic retail names in Britain – which also has stores throughout Australia – will vanish from UK streets ...

However, Brits have been criticising the “entirely made up” rebrand name as “cynical and soulless” (the original name was ...

In recent years the likes of Woolworths, Topshop and Debenhams have disappeared from our high streets. All once mighty retail outlets boasting thousands of stores. Now another name, W.H. Smith, which ...

WH Smith was ranked the worst shop on the British ... Arguably, little has changed in the intervening years. Woolworths and Wilko may have suffered from the same problem – trading for too ...

With WH Smith set to disappear from the high street, we want to know which shops you miss the most — whether it’s Woolworths, ...

WH Smith is the latest in a list of once ubiquitous stores to disappear from UK high streets, including Debenhams, Topshop and Woolworths, as consumer tastes and habits shift to favour online shopping ...

WH Smith is the latest in a list of once ubiquitous stores to disappear from UK high streets, including Debenhams, Topshop and Woolworths, as consumer tastes and habits shift to favour online ...