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WHS Online Shop, UK: Now There's Even More of WHS to Explore! - 2 Fast 2 Furious (DVD) Supercharged street-racing action exploding onto the streets of Miami. Incredible cars driven to the edge. Beautiful girls and a lifestyle to die for. Academy award nominated Director John Singleton brings you the nitrous-injected follow-up to 'The Fast & the Furious'. Brian O'Connor has lost his job after letting his friend Dom Toretto a street-racing crime boss escape the law. Now he's back in Miami with his old friend Roman Pearce. This time he's racing for his life. ... ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY Muse blast themselves free of their 'neo-Radiohead' tag in some style with this explosive second effort. From anyone else this kind of grandiose glam-art-rock would just sound plain ludicrous but in Muse's hands it becomes a glorious vision of rock music at the edge of sanity. ... Notebook A story in an old notebook is read to an elderly woman by a sad stranger. It is the story of Noah and Allie who fell in love but were kept apart for many years. As the stranger reads it becomes clear that he is engaged in a desperate struggle to reach the woman who no longer remembers her past. ... A Photographic History of Bristol A photographic history of your town. The photographs in this pictorial history of Bristol have been selected from the world-famous Francis Frith Collection. Local historian Tom Hutton offers fascinating insights into the history and architecture of the town. His book makes a valuable contribution into the town we see today. Includes voucher for FREE mounted print. ... X-Men 2 (VHS) When villainous human William Stryker turns a sinister eye on Xavier's operation after an attempt on the President's life it's up to the X-Men to prevent him from invading their safe-haven. And how does Magneto fit into all of this? Watch as the X-Men track down the mysterious Nightcrawler and more in a battle to save Mutantkind once again! ... Cascades - 'The Hobbit' Bilbo Baggins is a Hobbit who enjoys a comfortable and quiet life. His contentment is disturbed one day when the wizard Gandalf and the company of dwarves arrive to take him away on an adventure. ...
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WHSmith (WHS) is one of the UK's leading retail groups incorporating market leading companies in retail, publishing and news distribution. The Group has 1,464 stores world-wide, 30,747 employees in 12 countries and sales of some £2.9bn.
WHSmith is the UK's number one family retailer selling a range of products that extends across education, entertainment and information. Each year WHSmith 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. WH Smith also sell 122 million magazines and newspapers each year - enough to make a pile 69 times taller than Mount Everest.
The first High Street store was a small news vendor opened in 1792 in Little Grosvenor Street, London, by Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna. Today, WHSmith has 545 High Street stores, covering over 3 million square feet of selling space and employing 17,000 staff. Clubcard, the Company's loyalty scheme, has more than 5 million members.
Books, newspapers, magazines and stationery form the core of the High Street business. WHSmith 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 WHSmith in the first weekend of release. WHSmith promote new authors with their Fresh Talent showcase and also have the Thumping Good Read Award that is voted for by members of Clubcard.
WHSmith's major stores stock more than 45,000 product lines, whereas an average food supermarket carries around 10,000 lines.
WHSmith currently holds a strong market share in each of the core categories in which it trades - books, stationery, news, magazines and entertainment. WH Smith's strategy is to exploit the strength, power and potential of the WHSmith brand to provide the very best service and value for money for their customers, shareholders and wider community.
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