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Head office reshuffle at Waterstones

Publication Date: Tue, 31/07/2012 - 09:30

Waterstones has made further changes to its head office personnel, with Neil Best taking up the newly-created role of head of business development in order to “identify and research new business propositions.”

Waterstones managing director James Daunt announced last week that Best would take up the new post with immediate...

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Waterstones chooses Aytmatov as Book of the Month

Publication Date: Mon, 30/07/2012 - 16:49

Waterstones will feature Jamilia by Kyrgyzstan author Chingiz Aytmatov, originally published in Russia in 1957, as its Book of the Month for August.

The novel was brought out by Telegram Books in a new translation by James Riordan in 2007.

Waterstone's m.d. James Daunt said: "There were undoubtedly...

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Waterstones in Bromsgrove closes

Publication Date: Thu, 26/07/2012 - 08:19

Waterstones in Bromsgrove is to hold its last day of trading tomorrow (27th July) before the shop closes, with seven staff in consultation for their jobs.

Waterstones spokesman Jon Howells said the shop was closing for “commercial reasons” and that the closure affected its six booksellers and one manager. The store was...

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Ian Matthews leaves Waterstones

Publication Date: Wed, 18/07/2012 - 09:47

Waterstones divisional manager for the East region, Ian Matthews, has left with “immediate effect” after 16 years of employment at the company.

Matthews joined the chain retailer in 1996 as a senior bookseller in Basildon, then worked his way up to shop manager before becoming divisional manager by October 2010.

A...

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Waterstones' Clark leaves company

Publication Date: Thu, 12/07/2012 - 08:50

Waterstones' operations director Steve Clark has left the company with immediate effect. His role is being taken over by managing director James Daunt, who told staff that the company was entering a "period of very great change".

Waterstones employees were informed of the development yesterday (11th July) via an...

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Digital takes £50m bite from physical in 2012

Publication Date: Fri, 06/07/2012 - 09:11

E-books, plus the consumer downturn, have taken a £50m bite out of the print book market over the first six months of 2012, according to Nielsen BookScan data. However, retail chiefs remain bullish, with Waterstones m.d. James Daunt saying the “ingredients are there” for a successful second half to the year.

Despite...

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Taylor to manage Waterstones Piccadilly

Publication Date: Tue, 03/07/2012 - 10:00

Waterstones has appointed a new manager to run its Piccadilly store as part of a plan to distinguish it as the chain’s flagship outlet.

Luke Taylor, currently manager of the Nottingham and Manchester Deansgate Waterstones stores, will run the Piccadilly shop from 16th July, reporting directly to Waterstones operations...

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Waterstones picks next 12 Book Club reads

Publication Date: Mon, 02/07/2012 - 08:22

Waterstones has today announced the next 12 titles in its quarterly Book Club, featuring four titles from Random House and three titles from Penguin.

Disgrace by Jussi Adler-Olsen; The Pleasures of Men by Kate Williams; and In Defence of Dogs are the Penguin titles that have been selected for the promotion...

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Waterstones launches summer campaign

Publication Date: Tue, 12/06/2012 - 08:35

Waterstones has today (12th June) launched a buy-one-get-one-half-price (BOGOHF) Summer Reading Offer in all of its 298 stores.

The new multi-buy promotion will be on at least 200 titles, concentrated on mainly on new, frontlist works.

Some titles in the promotion have been prescribed centrally by Waterstones head office...

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Daunt: other devices possible for Waterstones

Publication Date: Wed, 06/06/2012 - 10:00

Waterstones could sell other devices instore alongside the Kindle, as m.d. James Daunt said the arrangement with Amazon is not exclusive.

Speaking at the Hay Festival Business Breakfast panel this morning (3rd June), Daunt said: "We are not selling other devices but if there was another device that we thought was better then we...

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