News: retail

Wood Green rallies to launch co-operative bookshop

A new co-operative bookshop, The All Good Bookshop, is due to launch in Wood Green with 50 people backing plans for the community enterprise. ... Read more

Indie bookshop ordered to pay extra £11k in business rates

An independent bookshop in Pinner must pay an additional £11,680 in business rates following a new valuation, meaning BrOOK’S will be paying more in rates... Read more

BA and Egmont fund reading project for reluctant readers

The Booksellers Association and Egmont UK will this summer give children aged 7-11 £10 book tokens to help reluctant readers enjoy reading for pleasure. Read more

British Book Awards reveals shortlists for Independent Bookshop of the Year

The British Book Awards, or Nibbies, has revealed the regional shortlists for the 2019 Independent Bookshop of the Year, sponsored by Gardners Books. Read more

Blackwell’s opens new Manchester bookshop

Blackwell’s will open a new bookshop in Manchester tomorrow, with c.e.o. David Prescott saying the store “feels like nothing we’ve done before”. ... Read more

The Bookseller and WBD launch bookshop competition

The Bookseller is teaming up with World Book Day to launch a competition for bookshops. Read more

Rebuck calls for publishers to give evidence to business rates inquiry

Baroness Gail Rebuck, the chair of Penguin Random House UK, is urging publishers as well as booksellers to submit evidence to the Treasury Committee’s business... Read more

Adeyemi and Anderson make Waterstones Children’s Prize shortlist

Authors and illustrators including Tomi Adeyemi, Sophie Anderson, Jessica Love and Onjali Q. Raúf are on the shortlist for this year’s Waterstones Children’s Book Prize,... Read more

PRH marks five years of Murder Most Unladylike with hardback edition

Penguin Random House (PRH) Children’s is celebrating the fifth anniversary of Robin Stevens’ Murder Most Unladylike with a signed hardback edition of the first book.... Read more

Canadian music mogul Putman in rescue bid talks for HMV

The owner of Canadian music business Sunrise Records, Doug Putman, is in rescue bid talks for HMV. Read more

Daunt plans new buying structure after flat year at Waterstones

Waterstones is to split its centralised buying functions into two roles, aimed at resolving the disconnect between what is ordered by the chain and what... Read more

Topping to open 4,000 sq ft branch in Edinburgh

Independent bookseller Topping & Company will open a new bookshop in central Edinburgh in 2019, with the Topping family saying the shop will be “the... Read more

W H Smith opens two new stores in Philippines airport

W H Smith has opened two new stores at Mactan-Cebu International Airport in the Philippines. Read more

Shrigley creates 'light-hearted' BAMB tote design for Wellcome

Visual artist David Shrigley has designed a limited edition tote, which celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Wellcome Book Prize, in support of the Books... Read more

Indies condemn business rates system following Amazon disclosure

Independent booksellers have expressed frustration that they are proportionately being taxed as much as six times what Amazon pays in business rates relative to its... Read more