All WHSmith articles – Page 29

  • Analysis

    November

    2007-12-21T10:18:13Z

    Like-for-like sales improved slightly, up 1.2 per cent against November 2006, when sales rose just 0.6 per cent. However, the increase was not enough to ease retailers’ worries about Christmas

  • Boardroom
    Analysis

    Women in retail: It’s a man’s world

    2007-11-22T16:41:00Z

    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

  • Opinion

    Will Swann take the bait?

    2007-11-22T14:25:03.593Z

    Bookseller and stationer WHSmith’s board revealed on Tuesday just how much they value the services of chief executive Kate Swann.

  • News

    Retail shares plummet as fears grow over consumer spending

    2007-11-22T14:20:36.810Z

    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.

  • News

    Kate Swann offered £5m bonus scheme

    2007-11-21T09:18:31.480Z

    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.

  • News

    Southside’s upmarket move drives rent rises

    2004-04-09T12:09:00Z

    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.

  • News

    Poundland hires ex-WHS chief as trading director

    2003-06-27T12:09:00Z

    Poundland hires ex-WHS chief as trading director