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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Simon English

WH Smith booms as travel returns post Covid and US arm takes off

WH Smith resumed dividends for investors (John Stillwell/PA)

(Picture: PA Wire)

WH Smith today looked on track to be one of the few UK retailers to crack America as its travel arm looks to expand across the globe and it resumed dividend payments to investors.

Under new-ish CEO Carl Cowling the retailer dubbed the worst on the high street for two years running in Which? polls in 2018 and 2019 is now looking at world expansion.

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