LONDON – (AP) The 100-year-old Woolworths brand was resurrected on Thursday as an online store almost six months after the retailing stalwart went bankrupt and shut down its high street shops. The new brand owne
Also tagged after-the-retailing, almost-six, esurrected-on-thursday, its-high, months-after, new-brand, online-store, retailing, shut-down, stalwart-went, street-shops-LONDON – (AP) Collapsed retailer Woolworths will soon have new life online after Shop Direct Group said Monday it had purchased the brand name for an undisclosed sum. In a statement, Shop Direct said it intends to launch
Also tagged collapsed, direct-group, had-purchased, have-new, life-online, monday-it-had, name-for, said-it-intendsLONDON – (AP) Bankrupt department store chain Woolworths, a stalwart of British retailing for 100 years, turned out the lights at the final 200 of its 807 shops on Tuesday. Debt-laden Woolworths filed for bankruptcy protection in November. Administrator Deloitte held a huge
Also tagged bankrupt, bankruptcy-protection, british, deloitte, filed-for, final, its-807, lights, lights-at-the, november, retailing-for, shops-on-tuesday, the-lights, turned-outLONDON – (AP) About 200 Woolworths stores in Britain have shut their doors for good. The stores that closed Saturday represent about a quarter of the company’s shops
Also tagged doors, for-good-, have-shut, saturday, stores, the-stores, their-doorsLONDON – (AP) Woolworths Group PLC said Monday that talks with BBC Worldwide about the possible sale of Woolworth’s stake in their DVD publishing joint venture are ongoing, amid press speculation that the potential value of the deal has dropped dramatically since Woolworths collapsed last month.
Also tagged amid-press, bbc, collapsed-last, deal, dvd, monday, plc, the-deal-LONDON – (AP) Administrators for Woolworths announced plans Wednesday to close all the retailer’s stores by the early new year, signaling the end of the road for the venerable British company and the loss of almost 30,000 jobs.
Also tagged announced-plans, british, close-all, for-the, the-early, the-loss, the-retailer, the-roadLONDON – (AP) Prospects for rescuing ailing British retailer Woolworths receded as the company’s administrator said Wednesday it had not yet found a buyer and was launching a closing-down sale. Deloitte said Woolworths PLC would try to clear as
Also tagged a-buyer-and, for-rescuing, had-not, plc, prospects, receded-as-the, wednesday, wednesday-it-had, yet-found