Waterstones
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Waterstones Booksellers Limited, trading as Waterstones, is a British book retailer based in London, United Kingdom, owned by the American investment group Elliott Investment Management. As of 2025, i
Early versions of shop signage were gold in colour.
Waterstones in Wakefield occupies the city's former HMV branch.
A re-branding saw the logo change from Baskerville to FS Albert Pro until 2012.
Sutton branch, with Café W signage
Hatchards
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Hatchards is an English bookshop claiming to be the oldest in the United Kingdom, founded on Piccadilly in 1797 by John Hatchard. After one move, it has been at the same location on Piccadilly next to
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…London (which is also the location of its flagship shop). Waterstones also owns Hodges Figgis (the oldest bookshop in Ireland, founded in 1768), Hatchards (the oldest bookshop in Britain, founded in 1797), Foyles (a chain of seven bookshops in England) and Blackwell's. In April 2018 the American…
Hatchards at St Pancras railway station
Hatchards Piccadilly next to Fortnum and Mason