All WHSmith articles – Page 28
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AnalysisWalking on air: retail at Heathrow Terminal 5
The opening of Heathrow Terminal 5 was a high-profile fiasco, but its retail offer will give passengers something to smile about. John Ryan takes a look at a new era of airport retailing
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News
New-look stores get T5 off to flying start
Cancelled flights, lost baggage and irate travellers grabbed the headlines, but the opening of Heathrow’s Terminal 5 represented a new dawn for travel retail.
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WHSmith angers union over bonus
WHSmith chief executive Kate Swann has angered union Unite after securing a maximum bonus payout after removing staff’s long-standing pension benefits.
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WHSmith seals hospital and motorway deals
WHSmith has bolstered its travel division with two deals in hospitals and motorway service stations.
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Liverpool One lands trio of retailers
Gap, Build-A-Bear Workshop and WHSmith are among the latest retailers to sign to Grosvenor’s Liverpool One scheme.
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Competition probe and Asda success help quoted grocers
Food retailers staged a comeback after they emerged largely unscathed from the Competition Commission’s investigation into the grocery market. Good fourth-quarter figures from Asda helped, confirming that food retailers as a group have been doing well.
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WHSmith to return £90m to investors
WHSmith shareholders will net 90 million through a special dividend and share buy-back programme.
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AnalysisWhy low prices are not enough
People may be watching what they spend, but that hasn’t saved value specialists from collapse. George MacDonald surveys their prospects as they enter another tough year
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WHSmith looks overseas for expansion
Stationery and book retailer WHSmith is eyeing Ireland and Scandinavia as it seeks to expand overseas.
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WHSmith to return £90m to shareholders
WHSmith reported a 2 per cent fall in like-for-like sales over the festive period and is to return 90 million to shareholders.
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AnalysisThe end of the affair?
The City has fallen out of love with retail, as share prices tumble on the back of disappointing Christmas trading. George MacDonald asks whether it is a trial separation or a case for divorce
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WHSmith adopts document manager for accounts
WHSmith has implemented a document management system to increase productivity in its accounts department.
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Short sellers target WHSmith
Short sellers have increased their positions in bookseller and stationer WHSmith by 200 per cent in the past six months, it has emerged.
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City forecasts winners as tough 2008 dawns
Analysts face hard choices this year as they weigh up recommendations after the stock market savaging of 2007.
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AnalysisWomen in retail: It’s a man’s world
Many more women than men work in retail, yet barely any of them make it into the top jobs. Charlotte Dennis-Jones and Katie Kilgallen investigate
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Opinion
Will Swann take the bait?
Bookseller and stationer WHSmith’s board revealed on Tuesday just how much they value the services of chief executive Kate Swann.
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Retail shares plummet as fears grow over consumer spending
General retailers took a knock-out blow over the week when their shares slid almost 6 per cent as worries persisted about the health and direction of the consumer economy.
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Kate Swann offered £5m bonus scheme
WHSmith chief executive Kate Swann has been offered a new three-year pay deal, which could earn her up to 5 million in the next three years.
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Southside’s upmarket move drives rent rises
Existing retailers at the former Wandsworth Arndale Centre in south London face four-fold rent increases as Portfolio Holdings’ redevelopment of the scheme - renamed Southside - gathers pace.