Major retailers that offer, or are introducing, contactless include Waitrose, McDonalds, Boots, WH Smith and Tesco.

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Post Office Ltd said the relocation of services to the WH Smith shops would "safeguard and enhance" services.

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Retailers WH Smith, Game and Tesco have announced that they have taken the Habbo gift card off sale, pending further investigation.

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Kobo has been sold at WH Smith stores since last year - a deal the retailer describes as "a long term commitment".

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The decision to close the current premises and move the postal service to WH Smith in Bangor and Cwmbran was taken after a six-week consultation.

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Post Office Ltd said the relocation followed successful trials of six post offices in WH Smith stores, which will be extended to a further 32 locations this year.

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If WH Smith is to get its way, it will have to persuade its critics that they will be able to benefit from a more efficient distribution system.

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To end these inefficiencies, WH Smith has decided to use its own wholesale operation, which already supplies more than 40% of the market, to establish a national distribution system.

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Although WH Smith was still making respectable profits when Ms Swann took the helm last year, its core retail business was steadily losing market share and many of its shops were stuck in a timewarp.

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Tim Coates, former managing director of WH Smith and Waterstones, and founder of e-books sales and lending site Bilbary, told the Today programme's Simon Jack that he thought the US government had "a very strong case" against Apple.

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