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    WH Smith PLC, trading as WHSmith (also written WH Smith, and known colloquially as Smith's and formerly as W. H. Smith & Son), is a British retailer,...
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  • Smiths News (redirect from WHSmith News)
    The company, originally established as "WHSmith News", was renamed Smiths News PLC on its demerger from WHSmith on 1 September 2006. In April 2014, the...
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    numbers to identify books. In 1965, British bookseller and stationers WHSmith announced plans to implement a standard numbering system for its books...
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  • news-stands at railway stations beginning in 1848. The firm, now called WHSmith, had more than 1,400 locations as of 2017. In the U.S., chain stores likely...
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  • Booksellers Koorong Queensland Book Depot The Co-op Bookshop - defunct WHSmith Livraria Cultura Archambault Book City Chapters Coles Indigo Books and...
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    name was bought by WHSmith. Past Times' website was taken down following the purchase. John Richard Beale, 1944–2024. "WHSmith's acquisition of Past...
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  • Smith (1792–1865), founder of the WHSmith chain of newsagents William Henry Smith (1825–1891), son of the founder of WHSmith, businessman and politician William...
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  • was named, the bookseller expanded rapidly until being sold in 1993 to WHSmith. In 1998, Waterstones was bought by a consortium of Waterstone, EMI and...
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  • have previously been owned by The Entertainer, and are currently owned by WHSmith. Jonathan Elvidge founded the chain in 1991. The ideology behind the chain...
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  • 2021, eventually leading to physical Toys "R" Us concessions opening in WHSmith stores. The first Toys "R" Us store in the United Kingdom store opened...
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