News: retail

Blackwell's reports third year of growth as sales rise to £58.3m

Blackwell’s has reported a third consecutive year of growth, with sales of £58.3m for the financial period ending 29th June 2019, up from £57m the... Read more

Elphinstone's The Snow Dragon is BA children's book of the month

The Booksellers Association has named Abi Elphinstone’s “captivating” story The Snow Dragon as its book of the month for November. ... Read more

BA welcomes Select Committee verdict on business rates

The Booksellers Association has welcomed the Treasury Select Committee findings into business rates which describe the current regime as a "broken system".... Read more

Margaret Atwood and Greta Thunberg battle it out for Waterstones Book of the Year

Margaret Atwood’s Booker-winning The Testaments (Vintage) is vying with offerings from Max Porter, Greta Thunberg and Candice Carty-Williams in a bumper shortlist for Waterstones Book of the Year.... Read more

Hackney bookshop Telling Tales moves into canal boat

Independent bookshop Telling Tales has moved aboard a purpose-built canal boat to roam through London's canals and beyond. Read more

Carty-Williams, Hughes and Macfarlane books shortlisted for Foyles Books of the Year

Queenie (Trapeze) by Candice Carty-Williams, a newly illustrated edition of Ted Hughes' The Iron Man (Faber) and Robert Macfarlane's Underland (Hamish Hamilton) have been included... Read more

Details of Foyles buying team changes emerge

Three roles in the Foyles buying team are understood to have been made redundant in recent weeks as the Waterstones-owned mini-chain moves over to Waterstones buying... Read more

Daunt Books to open new branch in Oxford

Daunt Books will open a new branch in Summertown, Oxford early in the new year. Read more

Demand high for Evaristo after Booker win, says Waterstones, as PRH orders reprint

Demand for Bernardine Evaristo's Girl, Woman, Other (Hamish Hamilton) is high, says Waterstones, with PRH ordering a reprint of the Booker-winning title. ... Read more

Bertram rolls out new virtual inventory project

Bertram Group, the global book wholesaler, has rolled out a new virtual inventory project, that aims to give customers access to more titles held by... Read more

WH Smith to buy second US travel retailer; High Street book sales fall 5%

WH Smith has announced it is to buy US indie travel retailer Marshall Retail Group (MRG) for $400m. Read more

Waterstones to open new Didcot bookshop

Waterstones will open a new bookshop in Didcot, Oxfordshire, in November. Read more

Stanfords to unveil treasure trove of travel history with new exhibition

Historical letters from Florence Nightingale and Captain Scott will go on display alongside antique travel books, maps and globes at Stanfords after a treasure trove... Read more

Allison Hill to replace ABA's Oren Teicher as c.e.o.

The American Booksellers Association (ABA) says Allison Hill will take on the role of c.e.o. as Oren Teicher prepares to step down in November. ... Read more

Former Waitrose m.d. launches new online bookstore

British businessman and former Waitrose m.d. Lord Mark Price has launched an online bookstore with Gardners as part of a new website aspiring to be "the Netflix for the business... Read more