News: retail

Waterstones sale to Elliott completes

The purchase of Waterstones by Elliott Advisors has now completed. Read more

O'Reilly departs Village Books for Ireland

Sheila O’Reilly is leaving Village Books this month to return to her home country of Ireland. Read more

La Belle Sauvage events revealed for IBW

Drake The Bookshop will create its own La Belle Sauvage in tribute to the boat in Philip Pullman's recent bestselling novel, while former Faber m.d.... Read more

'Growing' Blackwell's hosts first trade presentation in years

Over 80 members of the trade from 30 publishers are attending a Blackwell's presentation today—the first time the retailer has held such a meeting in over a... Read more

Ambulances called out to Amazon warehouses 600 times

Ambulances were reportedly called out to Amazon’s UK warehouses more than 600 times in the last three years. Read more

Waterstones to open pop-up bookshop on tiny Scottish island

Waterstones is to create a pop up bookshop on the Scottish island of Benbecula, which has just 1,300 residents. Read more

Kobo hires Coveney as content lead

Nick Coveney, former digital innovation director at HarperCollins, is set to join Kobo as publisher relations and content lead for the UK, Australia and New... Read more

BookExpo 2018: Riggio keynotes at 'reimagined' fair

Reed Exhibitions s.v.p. Americas Ed Several kicked off the "Reimagined BookExpo" at Javits Center in New York, before the keynote from Barnes & Noble founder/chairman Len Riggio.... Read more

Authors and publishers donate thousands of books to Oxfam

Paula Hawkins, Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman and Robert Webb are among the authors donating thousands of books to Oxfam in a bid to boost sales... Read more

W H Smith unveils 'Thumping Good Read' contenders

Pan Macmillan, Bloomsbury, Orion and Penguin Random House all have titles in the running for W H Smith's Thumping Good Read Award, which is back after... Read more

Kobo to launch 'smallest, lightest e-reader yet'

Digital reading company Rakuten Kobo is to release a new e-reader called Kobo Clara HD. Read more

Authors defend W H Smith after retailer named 'worst shop'

Authors have waded in to defend W H Smith after the retailer was named the worst shop on the UK high street. Read more

Foyles’ Urban Express roll-out heralds national expansion

Foyles has struck a "significant" strategic partnership with a global travel retail group, which could see the roll-out of a national presence for the London-based bookseller.... Read more

Booksellers urged to tackle diversity with £50k worth of grants

The Booksellers Association has unveiled a raft of measures to improve diversity in bookselling, including handing out £50,000 worth of grants to bookshops. Read more