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Waterstones to open Russian-language bookshop
UK bookselling chain Waterstones has announced that it will open a Russian-language store within its flagship London store next month. The store will stock close to 5000 titles and will be called...
Women novelists top Waterstones 11 list
Women novelists have dominated the 2012 Waterstones 11 list of potential prize-winning debut novels. Eight of the 11 books on the list are by women writers. To see the full list, visit www.waterstones...
Watersones drops its apostrophe
UK bookseller Waterstones has dropped the apostrophe from its trading name and logo, adopting what James Daunt, manager director, calls a 'more versatile and practical spelling'.
Will Waterstone's be sold to Russian billionaire?
Speculation is mounting in the UK financial press that Russian billioniare Alexander Mamut is on the verge of signing a 35 million Pound deal to buy book retail chain Waterstone's from HMV.
HMV issues third profit warning
UK-based retail group HMV -- which owns bookselling chain Waterstone's -- has announced a thirdprofit warning as UK high-street retailcontinues to be in the doldrums.
HMV warns it will breach banking covenants
UK-based retailer HMV, the parent company of bookselling chain Waterstone's, has issued a second profit warning and has warned it is likely to breach banking covenants. Meanwhile, rumours continue in ...
Waterstones to close 11 stores this week
UK book retail chain Waterstone's will close 11 stores across the UK and Ireland by the end of this week.
HMV 'may need to sell Waterstone's'
Speculation is growing in the financial press that HMV may be forced to sell UK-based book retail chain Waterstone's.
Waterstones to close 20 stores
UK bookselling chain Waterstones has announced that it expects to close 20 stores during this year. Parent company HMV will close a total of 60 stores following continued poor results in 2010.
Waterstone's questions agency pricing for ebooks
UK retail chain Waterstone's has publicly questioned the 'agency model' of ebook pricing, saying that it isn't good for consumers and that its adoption on the UK market 'hasn't been great for anyone.'
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