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Marrisa Joseph, Associate Professor of Organisation Studies & Business History, University of Reading

WH Smith once shaped the travel experience – and now it’s returning to its roots

Not just a British icon – a WHSmith outlet in an airport in Doha, Qatar. TY Lim/Shutterstock

After 124 years as a familiar fixture to generations of customers, there will no longer be a place for WH Smith on UK high streets.

Modella Capital – a specialist retail investment company – is the new owner of the chain’s high street locations. For a purchase price of £76 million, it will take over 480 stores in retail parks, shopping centres and high streets. It is also expected to retain its 5,000 staff.

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