Bookselling

• Northern Lights facemasks for booksellers

  News - Bookselling

  Thursday, 13th August 2020

  Booksellers to receive bespoke Northern Lights facemasks from Scholastic 'as a thankyou'
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• Waterstones shuts Milton Keynes store

  News - Bookselling

  Thursday, 6th August 2020

  MK Shopping Centre outlet shuts after 'excessive' demands by landlord Hermes; neighbouring Midsummer Place store stays open
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• Jobs go as sales halve at WH Smith

  News - Bookselling

  Thursday, 6th August 2020

  Group turnover 57% down in July: 1,500 jobs set to be cut as pandemic ravages high street and travel divisions
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• The Glass Hotel, I'm Sticking with You are BA August choices

  News - Bookselling

  Monday, 3rd August 2020

  BA selects titles by Emily St John Mandel, and Smriti Halls and Steve Small
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• Waterstones closes Hull, Essex university branches

  News - Bookselling

  Monday, 3rd August 2020

  'No redundancies' from closures
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• Boom in the time of corona

  News - Bookselling

  Friday, 31st July 2020

  Surging second quarter at corona-fuelled Amazon: sales up 40% as virus and lock-downs drive customers online
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• 'New reality' forces Waterstones redundancies

  News - Bookselling

  Wednesday, 29th July 2020

  Head office jobs axed 'to reduce the cost base of the business to reflect the new reality of our overall trading'
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• BA takes over Bertrams' Booktime

  News - Bookselling

  Monday, 27th July 2020

  Trade welcomes rescue of former wholesaler's consumer magazine
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• BA Conference postponed until next year

  News - Bookselling

  Wednesday, 22nd July 2020

  September event initially put back to November but will now run next spring; Gardners Trade Show also moves to new date
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• Sutcliffe, two others leave Foyles

  News - Bookselling

  Monday, 20th July 2020

  'Foyles will retain its unique identity'
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