Smiths customers are some of the most loyal UK shoppers, going back to Smiths again and again. However, when you consider just a few of the services available from Smiths, it's easy to see why:

• Easy Order Book Ordering
• Comprehensive Magazine Ordering Service
• Historic Newspapers - dial up and get a newspaper from the day you were born, the day you were married or even yesterday
• Information Screens in many stores
• Newspaper Payment Point - no need to queue to pay for your newspaper, simply drop your money into the paypoint
• Costa coffee shop in some of Smiths larger stores
• Smiths Personalised stationery service is also available at many of the Smiths stores

Smiths is traded on the London Stock Exchange, but Smiths is unrelated to other major UK bookstores and UK stationery stores such as Rymans Stationers, Hammicks, Blackwells or Viking Stationers.

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Smiths High Street provides a wide range of products and services including: Books, News and magazines, Home, Office and Fashion Stationery, Education and Revision Aids, Travel Guides and Maps, Art Materials, Home entertainment, including videos, CDs, DVDs and games, Smiths Gift Vouchers, Theatre Tickets, Stamps, Batteries, Lottery Tickets, Confectionery - and more! Smiths sell more books than any other retailer in England, Scotland and Wales. For example, one in three copies of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire were bought from Smiths in the first weekend of release. Smiths promote new authors with the Smiths Fresh Talent showcase and also have the Thumping Good Read Award that is voted for by members of Smiths Clubcard. [ Source: WHSmith.co.uk ]