All WHSmith articles – Page 29
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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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News
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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News
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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News
WHSmith adopts document manager for accounts
WHSmith has implemented a document management system to increase productivity in its accounts department.
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News
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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News
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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News
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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News
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.
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News
Poundland hires ex-WHS chief as trading director
Poundland hires ex-WHS chief as trading director