An 1,100-square-foot Watermark Bookshop has opened in the new London King's Cross station concourse between the "Platform 9¾" tourist attraction and an upcoming Harry Potter experience shop. The Bookseller reported that Watermark, which launched five years ago in Australia, hopes to open 35 more shops at British airport and railway locations.
"We wanted the shop to look both attractive and modern, but have the feel of a bookshop people would want to stay and browse in," Fin Casey, managing director of parent company LS travel retail U.K. & Ireland, adding he was "delighted" with the location next to Platform 9¾, where "shoppers had been queuing up to have their photos taken and then coming into the shop."
