WHS customers are some of the most loyal UK shoppers, going back to
WHS again and again. However, when you consider just a few of the services available from WHS, it's easy to see why:
- Easy Order Book Ordering
- Comprehensive Magazine Ordering Service
- Historic Newspapers - dial up and get a newspaper from the day you were born, the day you were married or even yesterday
- Information Screens in many stores
- Newspaper Payment Point - no need to queue to pay for your newspaper, simply drop your money into the paypoint
- Costa coffee shop in some of WHS larger stores
- WHS Personalised stationery service is also available at many of the WHS stores
WHS is traded on the London Stock Exchange, but
WHS is unrelated to other major UK bookstores and UK stationery stores such as Rymans Stationers, Hammicks, Blackwells or Viking Stationers.
WHS High Street provides a wide range of products and services including: Books, News and magazines, Home, Office and Fashion Stationery, Education and Revision Aids, Travel Guides and Maps, Art Materials, Home entertainment, including videos, CDs, DVDs and games, WHS Gift Vouchers, Theatre Tickets, Stamps, Batteries, Lottery Tickets, Confectionery - and more!
WHS sell more books than any other retailer in England, Scotland and Wales. For example, one in three copies of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire were bought from
WHS in the first weekend of release. WHS promote new authors with the WHS Fresh Talent showcase and also have the Thumping Good Read Award that is voted for by members of WHS Clubcard.
[ Source: WHSmith.co.uk ] WHS, UK: WHS is the UK's number one family retailer selling a range of products that extends across education, entertainment and information. Each year WHS High Street stores sell enough pens to circle the earth; enough books to fill a library shelf from London to Edinburgh; and enough paper to write a letter to everyone in the world. Shopping online at WHS is so easy!