WH Smith 看到旅游商店的利润激增,计划出售陷入困境的高街商店。
WH Smith sees profit surge in travel shops, plans to sell struggling high street stores.
WH Smith报告说,其机场和火车站商店的利润增加了17%,从6个月到2月达到6 300万英镑,而其高额街头利润减少了25%,达到2 000万英镑。
WH Smith reported a 17% profit increase in its airport and railway station shops, reaching £63 million in the six months to February, while its high street profits fell by 25% to £20 million.
该公司计划以7 600万英镑的价格向Mdella Capital出售其高档街头商店,并把它们重新标为TGJones。
The company plans to sell its high street stores to Modella Capital for £76 million and rebrand them as TGJones.
WH Smith预计扩大其旅行司,以北美为重点,预计今后二十年,北美的乘客人数将增加一倍。
WH Smith expects to expand its travel division, focusing on North America, where passenger numbers are forecast to double over the next two decades.