Marketing Week4d
WHSmith brand to disappear from UK high streets as sale agreed
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 ...
Daily Express4d
WHSmith stores mapped: The 480 high street branches sold in £76m deal
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 ...
Sky4d
WH Smith high street arm sold to Hobbycraft owner in £76m deal
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 ...
Norwich Evening News4d
WH Smith agrees to sell UK high street shops and is set for rebrand
It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. WH Smith has agreed to sell its UK high street chain to Hobbycraft owner Modella Capital in a deal valuing it at £76 million, and will ...
Irish Examiner4d
WHSmith agrees to sell British high street shops in bid to rebrand
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 ...
The Mirror4d
WHSmith to disappear from high street as all 480 stores sold in £76million deal
WHSmith has agreed to sell its UK high street chain to investment firm Modella Capital in a deal valuing £76million. The stores will eventually rebrand as TGJones - meaning the WHSmith name will ...
London Evening Standard4d
WH Smith high street stores to be rebranded TG Jones after £76 million sale
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 investor. All 480 WH Smith ...
Nottingham Post5d
WHSmith's high street stores set for major rebrand as £76 million deal agreed
WHSmith has struck a deal to offload its UK high street business to Modella Capital in a major deal worth £76 million. The familiar WHSmith signage is set to vanish from town centres and shopping ...
The Mirror4d
WHSmith's rise and fall from high street icon to price fury and hospital shame
The news that WHSmith has agreed to sell its UK high street chain to an investment firm Modella Capital and rebrand as TGJones is another blow to our proud British High Street history. The buy-out ...
ITV4d
WH Smith set to vanish from high street as company agrees sale and is set for a rebrand
WH Smith has agreed to sell its UK high street chain to Hobbycraft owner Modella Capital in a deal valuing it at £76 million, and will eventually rebrand as TGJones. The sale does not include the ...
Yahoo Finance5d
WH Smith stores to be rebranded with made-up name
The WH Smith name will disappear from the high street after more than 230 years as the retailer sells 480 stores. WH Smith said the sites would be rebranded as “TG Jones” after they were sold ...