Waterstones

Waterstones Booksellers Limited, trading as Waterstones, is a British book retailer based in London, United Kingdom, owned by the American investment group Elliott Investment Management. It operates 317 shops, mainly in the United Kingdom and other nearby countries. As of 2024 it employed over 3,600 staff in Britain and Europe. The average Waterstones branch sells a range of approximately 30,000 individual books, as well as stationery and other related products.