News: retail

AwesomeBooks to donate 50,000 books via National Literacy Trust

Retailer AwesomeBooks is giving a copy of every book sold on its site to the National Literary Trust (NLT), which will match them to children... Read more

Trio join BA council as membership passes 1,000 milestone

Independent booksellers Allison Jinks, Jess Paul and Sheryl Shurville have joined the Booksellers Association advisory council, as membership to the association passes 1,000 for the... Read more

Maldon Books launches pop-up store in park

Maldon Books in Essex has launched a pop-up bookshop in a shepherd’s hut in nearby Promenade Park after brainstorming ideas over lockdown. ... Read more

Hachette launches Health Charity Book Club with Tesco

Hachette UK has partnered with Tesco to support the retailer’s first Health Charity Book Club, exclusively featuring titles from the publisher. ... Read more

Waterstones opens new Brentwood branch

Waterstones is opening a new store in Brentwood, Essex, next month following the closure of its branch there earlier this year. Read more

BA seeks clarity on Covid-19 measures and warns of 'complex repercussions'

The Booksellers Association has warned the easing of Covid-19 restrictions will have “complex repercussions” for booksellers and has joined other retail trade bodies seeking clarity from the... Read more

W H Smith trading update shows group and travel revenue on the rise

W H Smith's group revenue rose on the previous two quarters in the 18-week period to 3rd July 2021, including steady improvement in Travel, as it announced 18 new... Read more

Booksellers keep Covid-19 measures and urge 'responsible' shopping

Booksellers are planning to continue some level of Covid-19 safety measures, despite the government’s scrapping of all mandatory precautions in England, including face masks and social... Read more

Megamonster digs its claws into the top spot for a second week

David Walliams and Tony Ross' Megamonster (HarperCollins Children's Books) has claimed the Official UK Top 50 number one spot for a second week running, selling 49,560... Read more

Ex-travel worker opens Truman Books in Yorkshire

A former travel industry executive has opened a bookshop, Truman Books, in an old haberdashery in Yorkshire. Read more

Agrawal and Hickey top Bookshop's June chart on pre-orders alone

Pre-orders have taken writer Roma Agrawal and illustrator Katie Hickey's How Was That Built?: The Stories Behind Awesome Structures (Bloomsbury) to the top spot in Bookshop.org's June indie... Read more

Folio Society ceases delivery to 17 EU countries owing to Brexit VAT costs

The Folio Society says it is “deeply saddened” by post-Brexit VAT regulations that mean it can no longer afford to deliver to 17 EU countries.... Read more

Inclusive Indies campaign to spotlight 14 presses

Inclusive Indies, a partnership set up by Jacaranda Books, Knights Of and Spread the Word, is launching a new campaign to spotlight 14 inclusive presses... Read more

Donaldson, Sissay and Persaud win at Indie Book Awards

Julia Donaldson, Sara Ogilvie, Lemn Sissay, Ingrid Persaud and Jasbinder Bilan have won prizes at the Indie Book Awards, held as part of Independent Bookshop Week's... Read more