Waterstones
Also known as Waterstone's, Waterstones Booksellers Ltd, Waterstones Booksellers Ltd., Waterstones Booksellers
Waterstones Booksellers Limited, trading as Waterstones (formerly '''Waterstone's'''), is a British book retailer based in London, United Kingdom, owned by the American investment group Elliott Investment Management. It operates 317 shops, mainly in the United Kingdom and other nearby countries. it employed over 3,600 staff in Britain and Europe. The average Waterstones branch sells a range of approximately 30,000 individual books, as well as stationery and other related products.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Waterstones Booksellers Limited
- Company.logo
- Waterstones logo.png
- Company.logo_size
- 200px
- Company.type
- Private
- Company.industry
- RetailBookshop
- Company.foundation
- Old Brompton Road, London,
- Company.founder
- Tim Waterstone
- Company.location
- London, England, UK
- Company.locations
- 317 shops
- Company.num_locations_year
- 2024
- Company.area_served
- United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands
- Company.key_people
- James Daunt (MD)
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Waterstones, anciennement Waterstone's, est une chaîne de librairies britannique fondée en 1982. Elle compte près de 300 boutiques au Royaume-Uni, en Irlande, en Belgique et aux Pays-Bas.
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