WHS High Street sales down 5%
WH Smith has released its interim results covering the Christmas period, revealing that group sales were down 2% like-for-like.As usual, WH Smith Travel performed...
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France: Barbara Casassus Book sales in France were mixed in 2014, falling...
View ArticleInternational markets' Christmas performance
In Russia, a biography of Putin was a Christmas bestseller; in Norway and Sweden, there were surprise festive hits on hair-braiding; in Australia, it was...
View ArticleRelaunched Guardian Bookshop sees sales leap
The Guardian Bookshop has achieved an 81% year-on-year increase in revenue since re-launching its website in the run up to Christmas. The Guardian relaunched its ...
View ArticleMatt Haig pens children’s Christmas book
Canongate has acquired a children’s book by Matt Haig about the early life of Father Christmas.Set in 18th-century Finland, A Boy Called Christmas is...
View ArticleNew Yodel director to handle Christmas rush
Yodel has appointed a “peak programme director” to deal with the crush around Christmas deliveries.Mark Horrobin will take the newly-created role and oversee the...
View ArticleFestive book offer 'best in years'
Thursday 8th October is this year’s Super Thursday, with an eye-popping 503 hardback titles due for release to capitalise on Christmas trading. The autumn publishing...
View ArticleFestive series fiction hits the shelves
Key festive titles from publishers are now on bookshop shelves, including a number of new titles from big-name authors.
View ArticleBookshops unwrap Christmas plans
Booksellers are rolling out their Christmas advertising, with chains divided between emphasising the power of giving a book as a gift and recommending individual compelling...
View ArticleRetailers report Christmas promise
Booksellers are feeling bullish heading into the final frenzied days of selling before Christmas following a raft of “strong publishing” and sales tracking nearly 10%...
View ArticleFive festive reads
The nights are drawing in, the decorations are going up and there are Christmas books aplenty to choose from. But where to start? Here are five...
View ArticleIndie bookshops report Christmas sales boost
Independent bookshops have reported robust Christmas trading, with 72% saying sales increased on last year, reflecting a buoyant market for indie bookshops amid the best...
View ArticleLast Christmas
Consumers may be as inscrutable as ever when it comes to their likely gift-purchases, but asking booksellers for their Christmas predictions is a relatively...
View ArticleThe noise and fury
Barely two weeks into 2015, and already the year is shaping up to be a humdinger. Booksellers are back! The print book...
View ArticleFanny Blake's Christmas gift guide
Author Fanny Blake gives some tips for buying books for your loved ones at Christmas.
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