High street stalwart WHSmith is to put its 500 bricks-and-mortar stores up for sale, shifting its focus towards the more lucrative travel sector. Noted for its extensive range of books ...

In the mid-1990s, WH Smith stood tall as a colossus on Britain’s high streets. It owned Waterstones, was picking up Virgin stores to move deeper into music, and had just become the first British ...

WH Smith's travel business, which has around 1,200 stores across 32 countries, is thriving even though retailers in general face pressure from inflation and consumers' curbing non-essential spending.

Retailer WH Smith has revealed sales at its high street estate remain under pressure just days after the group confirmed talks to sell the 500-strong chain. (Photo by Nicholas.T.Ansell/PA Wire ...

WH Smith benefits from captive customers in many of its key sites, such as railway stations, motorway services, hospitals and, in particular, airports, which sets it aside from much of the retail ...

Retailer WH Smith has revealed sales at its high street estate remain under pressure just days after the group confirmed talks to sell the 500-strong chain. The firm said total high street sales ...

Carl Cowling, group chief executive of WH Smith, said: “The group has had a good start to the financial year and we continue to see strong momentum across our core travel business.