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Waterstone's Waterstone's is to relaunch its internet bookshop early next year in order to improve the speed and efficiency of the service. 02-Nov-1998 Waterstone's is in talks to buy Simpson of Piccadilly and transform it into the largest bookshop in the world. 28-Oct-1998 Waterstone's is planning a £5.5m expansion at its Nottingham book store, which will increase selling space from 5,000 sq ft to 30,000 sq ft. 16-Sep-1998 Waterstone's has announced a £14m expansion programme that will see the opening of seven new bookstores, including a £3m superstore at London's Oxford Circus, and the conversion of 48 of its recently-acquired Dillons stores. 08-Jul-1998 EMI and Advent International of the US are to buy the Waterstone's chain of book stores from WH Smith for £300m, through a joint venture called HMV Media that will also acquire the 271 HMV music stores and the Dillons chain of book stores from EMI for £500m. 26-Feb-1998 WH Smith is said to have finalised a deal to sell the Waterstone's chain of bookshops to a joint venture between the chain's founder and EMI Group, and an announcement is expected soon. 09-Jan-1998 WH Smith has denied reports that it may be broken up, with the core high street chain being separated from the Waterstone's book shops and the Our Price record chain. 18-Aug-1997 Waterstone's and Dillons have both announced plans to launch expanded online bookstores on the internet this autumn, prompting speculation that a price war could develop. 30-Jul-1997 Waterstone's is planning to open English language book stores in four European cities and at large European airports, while it also wants to build a superstore in London. 12-Jul-1997 Waterstone's, the WH Smith subsidiary, is to open bookshops in up to 50 small towns, each carrying about 25,000 titles, creating 400 jobs. 08-Jul-1997 Waterstone's is to open the UK's biggest bookshop in Glasgow in the autumn. 11-Mar-1997 Waterstone's is planning to open the UK's first book superstore in Glasgow next spring. 23-Sep-1996 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007