“Investment is needed in the area for sure, especially with it being a junction onto Sauchiehall Street,” she says, and she likes the concept of a cap that would hide the traffic underneath.

When Woolworths folded in 2008 - taking its beloved Stornoway store with it, a constant since 1935 - it was like a death in the family: town centre footfall has never recovered.

By combining nostalgia, community, and modern retail strategies, Waterstones is helping to rewrite the rules of the high street bookstore —one reader at a time.

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The street has been in steady decline with multiple empty units, burnout buildings and dormant music venues contributing to its demise. A group aiming to return Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street to its ...

Waterstones has seen profit soar from £12m in the 2023 financial year to £32.8m in the 2024 financial year, with annual sales increasing by 17%, from £452.5m to £528.4m. Annual accounts ...

Waterstones has reported a fourfold increase in profits, with the return of office workers and a rebound in international tourism contributing to a strong performance. The UK’s largest ...

Dancers will gather on Sauchiehall Street, which means "willow meadow" to reflect its past as a moorland lined with willow trees, on Saturday, January 25 and perform a Strip the Willow. READ MORE: ...

Waterstones could be on the verge of going public. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images) The return of employees to offices in major UK city centres helped profit almost quadruple at Waterstones ...

It was placed in the genres “terrorism & armed struggle” and “irregular/guerilla forces & warfare” on the Waterstones website. A hardback version of the book was priced at £31.99, whilst a paperback ...

Waterstones has listed a hardback copy of the text, priced at £31.99 and a paperback version, costing £19.95, on its website. The texts were categorised under the genres “terrorism & armed ...

The third instalment of Rebecca Yarros’ Empyrean series, Onyx Storm (Little, Brown), is being celebrated across the UK with special Waterstones openings, dragon filters and a London-based ...