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The Guardian // World // Europe

‘WH Smith wasn’t just a workplace’: ex-staff and shoppers on the high street chain

Tuesday 8th April 2025, 11:00AM

With the brand to disappear from town and city streets, readers share their memories of how it touched their livesAfter 233 years, the household name of WH Smith will soon disappear from high streets and the stores will be rebranded under the fictitious “family” brand name TGJones.The high street business, which employs 5,000 staff, will sell its 480 high street stores to the Hobbycraft owner, Modella Capital, but will retain its brand for travel shops in airports, railway stations and hospitals. Continue reading...

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