WH Smith

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkb:public_company
gptkbp:businessModel gptkb:High_Street
Travel
gptkbp:category Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange
Bookshops of the United Kingdom
Retail companies established in 1792
gptkbp:CEO gptkb:Carl_Cowling
gptkbp:chairman gptkb:Henry_Staunton
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:formerName gptkb:W.H._Smith_&_Son
gptkbp:founded 1792
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Henry_Walton_Smith
gptkb:Anna_Smith
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Swindon,_England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label WH Smith
gptkbp:industry retail
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:FTSE_250_Index
gptkbp:logo WHSmith logo.svg
gptkbp:netIncome £63 million (2023)
gptkbp:notable_for first retail chain in the world
first to use ISBN in 1967
pioneered ISBN system
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:London_Euston_railway_station
airports
hospitals
universities
railway stations
motorway service areas
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees 14,000
gptkbp:numberOfLocations over 1,700
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Asia
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:Ireland
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:WH_Smith_PLC
gptkbp:products gptkb:dessert
gptkb:newspaper
books
magazines
newspapers
greeting cards
entertainment products
gptkbp:revenue £1.4 billion (2023)
gptkbp:stockExchange gptkb:London_Stock_Exchange
gptkbp:stockSymbol gptkb:SMWH
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:Funky_Pigeon
gptkb:InMotion
gptkb:Zoodle
gptkbp:website https://www.whsmith.co.uk/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:WH_Smith_Literary_Award
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5