Waterstones to close six campus stores
Bookseller Waterstones is to close six of its stores on university campuses.
According to The Bookseller magazine, the retailer has entered into a consultation with the 28 staff affected by the closures although it hopes to redeploy as many as possible to its other stores.
The stores will close on 26 April and include the Birmingham, Bradford, Coventry, Derby, Keele and Swansea outlets.
A Waterstones spokesman told The Bookseller: “We thank all those that have served in the affected shops, and the many students and other customers and institutions that have supported them over the years.”
Waterstones also told the magazine that it was “committed to the academic market and to its core of profitable campus shops” and was planning a significant investment in the stores including its flagship store in Gower Street in London.
