WHSmith

W.H.Smith has been around for quite a long time now, you often see these in towns, cities, airports and train stations. So,we all probably know what they sell but I will just make sure: *Magazines (specialist and celebrity) *Books (fiction/non-fiction/biographies/auto-biographies) *Magazine Subscriptions *Stationary *Games *Photo Frames-accessories *Post Office (in some stores...) The store is always very tidy but it can get quite busy and some of the stores are quite small which can be very annoying. The staff are generally very helpful but there can be the odd one that is in a bit of a strop if ...  Read the complete review

Their management are unlikely to thank me for making this comparison, but WH Smith remind me in a number of ways of the late lamented (well, by some) Woolworths. Like them, WH Smith have been a fixture on the British high street for generations - enough so that "Smiths" is probably more often used than their official name - but also like them they have rather lost their way in recent years and now seem a little unsure of what they are actually *for*. It seems rather unlikely that anyone in the UK will be unaware of what WH Smith actually do, but in brief: they grew from humble beginnings two centuries ago, benefiting from the railway boom of the ...  Read the complete review

You can probably find a WH smiths on more or less every high street in the UK. They act as a mixture between a newsagents and a bookshop with other random ranges added such as the odd bit of office equipment and furniture. The first thing I always notice about Smiths ( as its commonly shorten too) is the prices! It used to be a direct competitor with Woolworths and to be honest for my stationary I'd always go to Woolworths as it was so much cheaper! Back in the day they used to have really good sales but nowwadays these sales are simply about 5 select items that they have a million posters up about. I've always found the staff to be well trained but I've ...  Read the complete review

WHSmith is always my first stop when I need to buy books for college. Even though online sites usually have cheaper prices, WHSmith normally has deals like 3 for 2 on revision guides so it ends up being better to shop in the store than elsewhere. They have college books for pretty much all subjects and qualifications. As well as this, it sells magazines, novels, newspapers and all kinds of stationary and office supplies. Because they have a good range of products the shops are normally quite busy but not as much as they used to be, a few years ago. I still use the stores but sometimes use Amazon instead. The biggest advantage of WHSmith over Amazon though is ...  Read the complete review

It's not that often I go into WH Smiths nowadays. There is one in the centre of my local shopping centre in Harrow which has been there for some years now having been revamped two or three times since I have known it. Generally if I do go there it is to browse the paperbacks for a bit of light reading. WH Smiths have been around since 1846 and can now not only be found in traditional high street stores but also at stations and airports enticing in bored travellers. They are also the company which came up with the ISBN system which gives each book an individual nine digit reference number which is the same anywhere in the world. Traditionally WH ...  Read the complete review