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WH Smith PLC, trading as WHSmith (also written WH Smith, and known colloquially as Smith's and formerly as W. H. Smith & Son), is a British retailer, with headquarters in Swindon, England, which operates a chain of high street, railway station, airport, port, hospital and motorway service station shops selling books, stationery, magazines, newspapers, entertainment products and confectionery.
The business can trace its roots to two do it yourself chains, Big K and Calypso. These were bought by LCP (Lunt Comley & Pitt) and traded as LCP Homecentres. In 1978, the business was acquired by WHSmith and renamed W.H. Smith Do It All Limited, trading as WHSmith Do It All.
WH Smith reported pre-tax profits of £166m for the year to 31 August, up from £143m the previous year. Earnings remained flat at £32m in its traditional high street business.
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Revenue from WH Smith's High Street stores dropped by £17m in 2024 compared with the year before. However, profits remained the same after the business closed 14 of its stores last year.
Lord Hambleden was the 2nd child and eldest son of Frederick Smith and Esther Georgiana Caroline nee Gore (1870–1955), a daughter of Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran. [citation needed] He was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford.
The company, originally established as "WHSmith News", was renamed Smiths News PLC on its demerger from WHSmith on 1 September 2006. [2]In April 2014, the company rebranded as Connect Group PLC to reflect the diversity of the company's markets.
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