WH Smith set for Fifty Shades boost

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50 Shades
50 Shades

Brad Barket / ABACAUSA.COM

Blockbuster erotic novel Fifty Shades Of Grey is expected to have helped retail chain WH Smith deliver a rise in full-year profits when it reports results on Thursday.

Phenomenal demand for author EL James's racy book - the biggest seller in Britain since records began - and other copycat "passion" books have helped buoy sales for the group's 600 high street stores.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%

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