Whois & Analysis for waterstones.com

Waterstones, formerly Waterstone's, is a British book retailer that operates 275 stores and was employing around 3,500 staff in the UK and Europe in February 2014.

Established in 1982 by Tim Waterstone, after whom the company was named, the bookseller expanded rapidly until being sold in 1993 to W H Smith.

Bought again in 1998 by Waterstone, EMI & Advent International, the company was taken under the umbrella of HMV Group, which later merged the Dillons and Ottakar's brands into the company.

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