Foyles returns to profit of £6.9m in 2015 with help of new London store

Sales at the new flagship store in Charing Cross Road rose 10% in year to June 2015

The family-owned bookseller Foyles returned to profit last year as its new London flagship proved to be a beacon for book lovers.

Sales at the new store in the former Central Saint Martins art school on Charing Cross Road – a few doors down from its famously disheveled old shop – jumped 10% in the year to 30 June as customers turned out to meet famous authors including Hilary Mantel, Yotam Ottolenghi and PD James. The four-storey store, which stocks more than 200,000 titles along four miles of shelves, also boasts its own auditorium.

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