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W.H Smith Mail Order Catalog Store, UK - LA Bamba - (DVD) The life o rock and roll legend Richie Valens burns across the screen in this celebrated music-filles movie with star-making performances by Lou Diamond Philips as Richie and Esai Morales as his half-brother Bob. La Bamba depicts the 17-year-old Mexican American's rocket rise to fame from field labourer to rock star with a string of hit singles and a date with destiny.......................... ... Very Best Of English Song With Orchestra (3CD) This successor to the 2CD Very Best Of English Song - a comprhensive survey of the chamber repertoire - is extended to 3 CDs and brings together three classics of gramophone: Dame Janet Baker in Elgar's Sea Pictures Wilfred Brown in Fizi's Dies natails (with the composer's son conducting) and John Shirley-Quirk and the Choir of King's College Cambridge in the Five Mystical Songs Of Vaughan Williams. ... Firm - (DVD) Three-time Oscar nominee Tom Cruise delivers the most electrifying performance of his career in this riveting film based on the international best-seller. ... Tank Girl - (DVD) The year's 2008 and since a humongous meteor hi earth the world just hasn't been the same. No celebrities No Cable TV No WATER!!! A mega- villain Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell) the leader of Water & Power holds the world in his grasp since he controls all the H2O down to the last drop ..or so he thinks. Two colossal enemies stand in his way... ... Rough Guide to Prague This detailed handbook provides in-depth coverage of all aspects of Prague past and present including extensive accounts of palaces churches and museums details on the city's history art and architecture and reviews of the best places to stay and eat. ... JURASSIC PARK 3 - (DVD) Sam Neill returns (reluctantly) to the island populated by rampant special effects and tries to prevent the rest of the cast from getting eaten. Old-school monster fun with tip-top technology trappings. ...
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WHSmith (WHS) is one of the UK's leading retail groups incorporating market leading companies in retail, publishing and news distribution. The Group has 1,464 stores world-wide, 30,747 employees in 12 countries and sales of some £2.9bn.
WHSmith is the UK's number one family retailer selling a range of products that extends across education, entertainment and information. Each year WHSmith High Street stores sell enough pens to circle the earth; enough books to fill a library shelf from London to Edinburgh; and enough paper to write a letter to everyone in the world. WH Smith also sell 122 million magazines and newspapers each year - enough to make a pile 69 times taller than Mount Everest.
The first High Street store was a small news vendor opened in 1792 in Little Grosvenor Street, London, by Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna. Today, WHSmith has 545 High Street stores, covering over 3 million square feet of selling space and employing 17,000 staff. Clubcard, the Company's loyalty scheme, has more than 5 million members.
Books, newspapers, magazines and stationery form the core of the High Street business. WHSmith sell more books than any other retailer in England, Scotland and Wales. For example, one in three copies of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire were bought from WHSmith in the first weekend of release. WHSmith promote new authors with their Fresh Talent showcase and also have the Thumping Good Read Award that is voted for by members of Clubcard.
WHSmith's major stores stock more than 45,000 product lines, whereas an average food supermarket carries around 10,000 lines.
WHSmith currently holds a strong market share in each of the core categories in which it trades - books, stationery, news, magazines and entertainment. WH Smith's strategy is to exploit the strength, power and potential of the WHSmith brand to provide the very best service and value for money for their customers, shareholders and wider community.
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