WhSiths UK

We promote new authors with our Fresh Talent showcase and also have the Thumping Good Read Award that is voted for by members of Clubcard.

WhSiths is one of the UK's leading retail groups incorporating market leading companies in retail and news distribution. The Group has 675 stores across the UK, 22,866 employees and sales of some £2.9bn. WhSiths PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange (SMWH) and is part of the FTSE mid 250 index. WhSiths is the UK's number one family retailer selling a range of products that extends across education, entertainment and information. Each year WHSmithhs High Street stores sell enough pens to circle the earth; enough books to fill a library shelf from London to Edinburgh; and enough paper to write a letter to everyone in the world. We also sell 122 million magazines and newspapers each year - enough to make a pile 69 times taller than Mount Everest. How many items you buy online completely depends on how much you like to spend!.

Books, newspapers, magazines and stationery form the core of the High Street business. We sell more books than any other retailer in England, Scotland and Wales. Wh smiths offer completely Secure online purchasing. See site for details!

The first High Street store was a small news vendor opened in 1792 in Little Grosvenor Street, London, by Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna. Today, WhSiths has 553 High Street stores, covering over 3 million square feet of selling space and employing 17,000 staff. Clubcard, the Company's loyalty scheme, has more than 9 million members.

For example, one in three copies of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire were bought from WHSmithhs in the first weekend of release.

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