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Judge casts doubt on future of WH Smith replacement TG Jones
By Sarah ButlerMr Justice Hildyard, who approved a rescue plan for the high street business, said plans for a turnaround came with ‘very considerable’ risks
#Retailindustry #WHSmith #Business #TheGuardian #SarahButler
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Former WH Smith’s small suppliers to lose at least half of debts in rescue plan https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/24/former-wh-smith-chain-suppliers-restructure-tg-jones #WhSmith #RetailIndustry #Business #UkNews #PrivateEquity #BritishLand
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WH Smith to raise £100m as it warns on profits due to Iran war https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/10/wh-smith-shut-stories-profit-warning-iran-war-airport-middle-east #WhSmith #RetailIndustry #Business #UkNews
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Fears of ‘postal deserts’ as owner of former WH Smith stores puts counters under threat https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/15/fears-of-postal-deserts-as-owner-of-former-wh-smith-stores-puts-counters-under-threat #WhSmith #PrivateEquity #PostOffice #RetailIndustry #Business #UkNews #CommercialProperty #RealEstate #JobLosses
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Revealed: owner of former WH Smith stores is charging fee to use fictitious ‘family’ brand https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/07/revealed-owner-of-former-wh-smith-stores-is-charging-fee-to-use-fictitious-family-brand #RetailIndustry #Business #WhSmith #UkNews
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Dozens of former WH Smith stores face closure, putting thousands of jobs at risk https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/06/dozens-of-former-wh-smith-stores-face-closure-putting-thousands-of-jobs-at-risk #RetailIndustry #Business #UkNews #WhSmith
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WH Smith Faces Potential Profit Decline Amid Rising Jet Fuel Costs
📰 Original title: WH Smith issues profit warning as jet fuel crisis looms
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Sainsbury’s says impact of Iran war may lead to drop in profits this year https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/23/sainsburys-iran-war-impact-profits #JSainsbury #Supermarkets #Business #FoodDrinkIndustry #RetailIndustry #UsisraelWarOnIran #UkNews #WhSmith
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>>We mentioned the case of the bookseller in a branch of WH Smith who was asked if there was any Chaucer in stock (April 25). ("I'm sorry", was the reply, "we don't have a crockery department.") But the customer isn't always so very right himself, you know. Rupert Marlow writes from Turnastone in Herefordshire with word of an incident at Hatchards: one day a man, presumably given a shopping list by his wife, walked in and asked for a copy of Night Cream by Elizabeth Arden ...<<
"Public facing." TLS. Times Literary Supplement, June 6th, 2025.
#Books #BookSelling #Bookshop #Bookstore #WHSmith #Hatchards
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UK gets dix points in jeux avec frontières and Starmer is nice and wears a suit. EU is nasty, nasty (and eats dogs)
The truth is the pundits have absolutely no idea on the impact of MAGA tax. You are better off asking Jeremy Clarkson for a reasoned opinion than reading the Press -They are still reeling from the shock closure of #whsmith
You are just left wondering why the 6th largest economy in the World can't get a ******ing pothole fixed
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WH Smith name to disappear from High Street after sale (BBC News)
The new owner has said it will keep the Toys "R" Us concessions and the 195 Post Office counters, but will rebrand the High Street chain as TGJones
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I'm worried about #WHSmith going out of business. Where will I buy a single A4 envelope for £1.39 now?
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well if you want to evoke a sense of family, it helps if that family has at least existed at some point in history: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/28/what-does-wh-smith-new-high-street-name-tgjones-actually-mean-modella #WHSmith #WTFuck
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My own little bit of #WHSmith family history. In 1898 my great grandfather Cadwaladr Davies was presented with a magnificent address and purse of gold when he was promoted from his role running the WH Smith bookstall at Abergele and Pensarn station and moved to Ross on Wye.
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So #WHSmith is aliasing itself as TGJones? Very British. Or is it more … er …
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Now, assuming the reason for renaming #WHSmith is that the PE that are buying it want to split the brand keeping the profitable airport stores, flogging the high street business at a later date.
So now my question is, why make up a name with no recognition and not simply resurrect one of WHSmith's defunct trademarks like John Menzies?
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Corporate logic:
We are a multinational corporation and want to enter the UK market by purchasing a ubiquitously British Brand.
Also we are going to rename that brand to something meaningless and made up.
https://www.ft.com/content/b3d022ba-8704-4cee-a1c8-8a168155ac29
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With technology and the rules governing in a state of considerable flux, businesses need to ensure their own houses are in order now, rather than trying to second guess what might be coming around the corner.
https://www.computing.co.uk/feature/2025/the-ai-shaped-headache-for-privacy-professionals
#technews #ai #governance #privacy #whsmith #canon #prudential #aiact
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#786 Jonathon Green (ed) - Your Birthday: December 23. W.H. Smith, Swindon, 1993, 1st edition. #JonathonGreen #WHSmith #December23 #Birthdays #BookOfTheDay
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I received an “On This Day” e-mail this morning that carried a story that I had to share with you!!! Readers will recognize the name WHSmith – the book story that operates 640 stores internationally in 30 countries outside the UK. The WH Smith PLC website proudly states:
WHSmith – Paddington Station, London (Rebecca Budd Archives September 2023)WHSmith are one of the world’s leading travel retailers, with a presence in over 30 countries and more than 120 airports around the globe. Our brand is synonymous with the travelling experience, having exposure to millions of international travellers every year.
WH Smith PLC
I have shopped in WHSmith stores many times, but I did not know the backstory, which began on November 1, 1848 when the first railway bookstall was opened at Euston Station in London. But the story really begins in 1792 when a certain man named Henry Walton Smith died from influenza, leaving his wife, Anna, and two sons with a news vendor shop – a shop that apparently was less than successful.
Anna tried to sell the business but there were no takers and very little interest. What should she do, you may ask? She decided to take on the challenge of creating a successful business. When she passed in 1816, the business was considered, what accountants would call, “a going concern”! Her youngest son, William took over the business. Having inherited his mother’s business acumen, William’s innovative ideas set a successful trajectory course that continues to this day.
Today, WHSmith is one of the world’s leading travel retailers, which began from humble beginnings, thanks to the persistence and tenacity of Anne Smith, a 18th Century lady who refused to give up.
Read more at On This Day – WHSmith: a Retail Giant Born From a Widow’s Might`
WHSmith – Victoria Station, London (Rebecca Budd Archives September 2023)Books stores are sanctuaries of imagination!
https://rebeccasreadingroom.ca/2024/11/01/milestone-whsmith-the-back-story/
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Toys R Us to open 37 new shops in WH Smith stores across the UK before Christmas (Mirror)
WH Smith, which has revealed a jump in profits, will effectively more than double its current number of Toys R US mini-outlets within its stores
