Once a stalwart of the British high street, WHSmith hopes to sell off 500 stores to focus on its more profitable outlets at train stations and airports – but, given the shabby state of many of its ...

Amid all this change, there remains a hardcore WHSmith element - shoppers like myself who buy newspapers and magazines there on a pretty regular basis and, certainly on the specialist magazine ...

WHSmith’s high street stores have been woefully under-invested, with the business doing as little as possible to bring them into the modern age” - Russ Mould, AJ Bell ...

As WHSmith revaluates the future of its high street business, Retail Gazette takes a look at how it got here and what’s next ...

WHSmith’s high street business, comprising around 500 stores, has a history dating back 230 years ... stationery, and magazines to something more aligned with their business model.

Often called the "Father of Black History," Virginia native and scholar Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week in ...

Our columnist talks with one of Black History Month’s modern-day keepers about the work it takes to remember the past – and ...

For those with short memories, WHSmith was once a great nationwide bookseller, its own history interwined with that of the wider trade. At its height, it could make or break books, and many ...