WHSmith sells its 480 high street stores to Modella Capital for £76mn, while shifting focus to international travel retail.

UK in 2024, up 28% increase from 2023 - and it is feared more than 17,000 stores will shut this year as retailers face higher ...

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 ...

This means the WHSmith brand will disappear from UK high streets, with the new owner having acquired all stores, colleagues, assets and liabilities of the chain, but not the brand. These stores will ...

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 first WHSmith’s store was opened all the way back in 1792 by Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna in Little Grosvenor Street, London. In 1848, the brand opened its first ever retail store in ...

Established in 1792, WHSmith’s first store was opened by Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna in Little Grosvenor Street, London. In 1848, it opened the first ever travel retail store in London ...

The news that WHSmith has agreed to sell its UK high street ... it was looking to sell its 529 high street stores. Founded in London in 1792, the brand had an excellent reputation in the 1960s ...

A number of high street retailers have announced store closures for April, including Sainsbury's, WHSmith, Greggs and ...

The sale marks the end of an era for WHSmith, which has been a staple of the British high street for over two centuries since opening its first store in London in 1792. Group CEO Carl Cowling said ...

WHSMITH will close up to 20 stores ahead of a major rebrand which will see the newsagent leave the high street forever. This morning, the 232-year-old British business agreed to sell 500 shops in ...