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WHSmith
also
known
as WHS or
colloquially
as Smith's,
and
formerly W.
H.
Smith
&
Son
it
is
a
British
retailer,
headquartered
in Swindon, Wiltshire,
which
operates
a
chain
of high
street,
railway
station,
airport,
port,
hospital
and
motorway
service
station
shops
selling
books,
stationery,
magazines,
newspapers,
entertainment
products
and
confectionery.
FounderHenry
Walton
Smith, William
Henry
Smith
Key
people
Henry
Staunton (Chairman)
Carl
Cowling
(CEO)
The
company
was
formed
by Henry
Walton
Smith and
his
wife
Anna
in
1792
as
a
news
vendor
in
London.
It
remained
under
the
ownership
of
the
Smith
family
for
many
years
and
saw
large-scale
expansion
during
the
1970s
as
the
company
began
to
diversify
into
other
markets.
Following
a
rejected
private
equity
takeover
in
2004,
the
company
began
to
focus
on
its
core
retail
business.
It
was
the
first retail
chain in
the
world,
and
was
responsible
for
the
creation
of
the ISBN book
identifier.
WHSmith
is
listed
on
the London
Stock
Exchange and
is
a
constituent
of
the FTSE
250
Index.
It
celebrated
its
225th
anniversary
in
2017.