the boss of wh smith has said he is focussing on opening shops in airports and train stations in the us and europe, rather than in its traditional uk high street base. chris cowling said that wh smith s biggest growth market is the us where it has captured about 12% of the retail market in airports. he spoke to our world service marketplace reporter, leanna byrne. we opened our first store at euston station in london, back at the beginning of the 19th century. so we ve had stores in travel for 180 years, and one of the first ever airport stores was heathrow. and we had we had a store at heathrow airport back 85 years ago. and we ve always sold products that people need for their travel journey. increasingly, we ve branched out into selling all of the travel essentials that people need for their journey. so tech accessories products,
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uk high street base. chris cowling said that wh smith s biggest growth market is now the us, where it has captured about 12% of the retail market in airports. he spoke to our world service marketplace reporter, leanna byrne. we opened our first store at euston station in london, back at the beginning of the 19th century. so we ve had stores in travel for 180 years, and one of the first ever airport stores was heathrow. and we had a store at and we had a store at heathrow airport back 85 years ago. heathrow airport back 85 years ago. and we ve always sold products that people need for their travel journey. increasingly, we ve branched out into selling all of the travel essentials that people need for their journey. so tech accessories products, products that make your hardware work, health and beauty, pain relief, as well as food to go. all of those products. about four years ago,
that analysis. the boss of wh smith has said he is focusing on opening shops in airports and train stations in the us and europe, rather than in its traditional uk high street base. chris cowling said that wh smith s biggest growth market is the us where it has captured about 12% of the retail market in airports. he spoke to our world service marketplace reporter , leanna byrne. we opened our first store at euston station in london back beginning of the 19th century, we have had stores for 180 years. one of the first airport stores was heathrow and we had a store at heathrow in 85 years ago. we have always sold products that people need for their travel journey, increasingly, we have branched out into selling all of the travel essentials people need for their journeys, travel essentials people need for theirjourneys, tech for their journeys, tech accessories products for theirjourneys, tech accessories products to make hardware work, health and beauty, pain relief, as well
the boss of wh smith told our world service marketplace reporter leanna byrne that he s now focused on expansion in america and europe. we opened our first store at euston station in london back at the beginning of the 19th century. so we ve had stores in travel for 180 years, and one of the first ever airport stores was heathrow. and we had a store at heathrow airport back 85 years ago. and we ve always sold products that people need for their travel journey. increasingly, we ve branched out into selling all of the travel essentials that people need for theirjourney. so tech accessories, the products that make your hardware work, and health and beauty, pain relief as well as food to go all of those products. about four years ago, we acquired a business in the us called inmotion,