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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Company
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gptkbp:acquired_by
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gptkb:WHSmith_PLC
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gptkbp:acquisition
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gptkb:Limited_Liability_Company
gptkb:Waterstones
gptkb:Partnerships
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gptkbp:acquisition_year
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gptkb:1998
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gptkbp:brand
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gptkb:WHSmith
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gptkbp:business_model
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gptkb:franchise
online retail
physical stores
retail
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gptkbp:cabinet_member
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gptkb:Henry_Staunton
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gptkbp:ceo
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gptkb:Carl_Cowling
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gptkbp:competitors
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gptkb:Foyles
gptkb:Book_Depository
gptkb:Books-A-Million
gptkb:Bookshop.org
gptkb:Amazon
gptkb:Barnes_&_Noble
gptkb:Indigo_Books_and_Music
gptkb:Waterstones
gptkb:The_Works
gptkb:Blackwell's
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gptkbp:expansion
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airports
railway stations
high streets
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gptkbp:famous_for
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gptkb:stationery
bookstores
magazines
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gptkbp:founded
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1792
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gptkbp:founded_by
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gptkb:William_Henry_Smith
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gptkbp:founded_in
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gptkb:England
1792
Little Grosvenor Street, London
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:William_Henry_Smith
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gptkbp:founding_type
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gptkb:family
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:London
gptkb:London,_UK
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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W. H. Smith & Son
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gptkbp:industry
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retail
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gptkbp:key_people
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gptkb:Henry_Smith
gptkb:Carl_Cowling
gptkb:William_Henry_Smith
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gptkbp:location
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airports
high streets
UK railway stations
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gptkbp:market
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gptkb:book
retail market
stationery market
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gptkbp:notable_event
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became a public company
opened first railway bookstall
expanded to railway stations
acquired by WHSmith PLC
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gptkbp:notable_person
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gptkb:William_Henry_Smith
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gptkbp:number_of_employees
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over 10,000
over 5,000
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gptkbp:original_business
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news vendor
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gptkbp:parent_company
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gptkb:WHSmith_PLC
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gptkbp:parent_organization
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gptkb:WHSmith_PLC
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gptkbp:partnership
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gptkb:railway
airlines
travel companies
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gptkbp:products
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gptkb:books
gptkb:stationery
magazines
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:revenue
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£1 billion (2020)
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gptkbp:services
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gptkb:book
newsagent
bookstore services
newsagent services
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gptkbp:slogan
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“ Read, Relax, Repeat”
“ The Bookshop for Everyone”
“ Your Stationery Store”
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gptkbp:subsidiary
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gptkb:WHSmith_Travel
gptkb:WHSmith_PLC
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gptkbp:trade
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gptkb:WHSmith
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gptkbp:type
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gptkb:public_company
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gptkbp:website
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whsmith.co.uk
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gptkbp:year_established
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1792
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Mr._W._H._Smith
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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