A deep dive into British retail history…
WHSmith
SHIFT publisher remains positive as WHSmith stores become TG Jones, new title launches continue
Full on comics craziness continues!
WHSmith High Street closures continue apace, despite £76 million buyout
More closures on our High Streets
WHSmith High Street sale good news for publishers?
More opportunities for comic and magazine sales ahead on the high street?
High street WHSmith sold to owner of Hobbycraft
Big changes ahead on the high street
WHSmith confirms planned sell off of high street stores – Modella Capital, Alteri, Hilco vying to buy?
LAST UPDATED 2nd March 2025: Grim news for comic buyers? Or a new broom?
Quantum, new comics anthology, launches, with first issue cover art competition aimed at promoting newsstand sales
Your chance to own some amazing comic cover art, just by buying a new anthology in your local WHSmith!
BEANO bucks magazine sales decline again, as latest UK ABC news stand sales figures land
Good news again for BEANO as sales climb, despite a hard year for magazines overall on the UK newsstand in 2021
Panini Comics UK cancels X-Men and Marvel Essentials titles
Two superhero titles take a fall on the UK newsstand
Panini’s latest Amazing Spider-Man wraps “Hunted” storyline, but you’ll have to hunt to find it in WHSmith
Sadly, it seems the computer says no, when it comes to laying your hands on this comic…
BEANO gains again, changes ahead for Panini’s superhero titles – British Comic News Stand Sales Figures, Winners and Losers (July – December 2020)
The latest reported ABC Magazine Sales Figures for July to December 2020 were released recently, and despite the Coronavirus Pandemic and the closure of many WHSmith, we are delighted to see that some titles not only saw sales rise, in no small… Read More ›
Panini Comics UK’s Marvel Collector Editions on indefinite hold as lockdown continues
Pandemic restrictions continue to keep new CEs on hiatus
British Comic News Stand Sales Figures, Winners and Losers (January – June 2020)
There are a lot of caveats to this period’s magazine sales data
Why WHSmith redundancies and further store closures are bad news for British comics
More grim news for the UK high street, and the British comics industry
Doctor Who – Tales from the TARDIS vworps back into newsagents, but we missed it!
Titan Comics recently relaunched their British news stand title Doctor Who – Tales from the TARDIS title – but it seems finding copies is a problem for some…
British Comic Sales Figures, Winners and Losers (July – December 2019) – Good News, at least, for Beano, again
The latest reported ABC Magazine Sales Figures, which include news stand sales of British comics and young people’s magazines, probably don’t make for great reading for many publishers…
This Week’s UK News Stand Snapshot: “The Thirteenth Floor” is Back!
New British news stand comics / magazine on sale this week include 2000AD Prog 2153, Judge Dredd: The Megazine Issue 413 – and the smashing Scream and Misty presents The Thirteenth Floor: Home Sweet Home, all on sale today; plus the latest Beano, Commando, The Phoenix and more.
High street comics retailer WHSmith ranked bottom of annual Which? poll
WHSmith has finished bottom of the Which? annual UK high street shops survey rankings of more than 100 shops for the ninth year in a row, while specialist retailers come out on top. The annual survey of more than 7700… Read More ›
New Beano offers free copy of 2019 annual in limited distribution promotion
This week’s Beano (Issue 3977) is getting a limited distribution promotion, offering a bagged, free copy of the 2019 Beano Annual with purchase at participating WHSmith stores, which appear to be those at railway stations and airports. It got a… Read More ›
In Review: The Apprentice does Comics… Badly
A fleet of four black cars, sixteen wheelie suitcases, early morning phone calls and a bunch of bold claims. If downthetubes is covering this show, it can only mean one thing… over on The Apprentice, they tried making some comics…. Read More ›