WHSmith has confirmed both locations are shutting as a result of the current leases expiring, with some high street shoppers ...

WH Smith has been a staple of UK towns and cities for 233 years, but now the name is set to disappear from the high streets for good.

WHSmith agreed to sell its UK high street chain to investment firm Modella Capital in a deal valuing £76 million. The ...

Acquiring companies must weigh the strategic risks and merits of discarding a well-known brand, especially during M&A. After ...

WH Smith has sold its 480-outlet bookstore chain, for £76 million (about $98 million), to private equity firm Modella Capital, which has renamed the business TGJones. The WH Smith brand is not ...

The stores will eventually rebrand as TGJones. The sale does not include the retail stalwart’s travel locations, encompassing outlets in airports and railway stations, nor the WHSmith brand.

The new owner has said it will keep the Post Office outlets that operate in many branches, but will rebrand the High Street chain as TGJones. The WH Smith name is not being sold and will still be ...

Like all good things, it is coming to an end. WH Smith sold 480 locations for a paltry £76m and will be renamed TGJones, while the firm will keep the WH Smith brand for its travel business ...

High street stalwart WHSmith is set to see its brand vanish from several Wiltshire towns following a ‘transitional period’.

The WH Smith name — which will live on via the company’s lucrative travel division — is not included. Modella will rebrand the stores under the name TGJones.