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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Daniel O'Boyle

Waterstones profits plunge as warehouse glitch costs £13.5 million

Waterstones’ profits plunged almost 80% in the year to 29 April 2023, as it said problems with its new warehouse system cost the business more than £13 million.

Accounts filed with the Companies House show that profits for the book-selling chain tumbled from £50.6 million to £11.2 million.

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