Heard that woolworths is closing down, anyone else know anythng about it?

[worley]

i have been told by 2 different people that woolworhts will be closing down. The one in the town near us has gone and out local BigW has been downsized a lot,
my ds's will be gutted if woolies goes, its their fave shop. we spen ages in there looking at toys/halloween/xmas things.

surley its one of the staple shops you get on the high street?

I think they are 'trimming' their number of outlets... think it was in the news about 10 days ago.

not woolies

Just downsizing-not gone bust......yet.

Woolies have been having probs for a few year snow- their share price was less than 6p in July

I'm pretty sure they are owned by an Icelandic company, so if that's true I'm not surprised.

Oh bloody hell, where am I going to get all my Christmas tat from now?

thats what i was wondering the crack fox. can i just apologise for my spelling in the first post, just read it and can only blame it on being tired and not concentrating!
have got a few xmas pressies in their 3 for 2 offer at the moment

i blame tescos,

alan sugar owns alot of woolies actually

They have been in some financial trouble, lack of clear market etc.

Our Tesco has killed our woolies local, really sad about it, hope it stays open, that and a small iceland are the only other chain stores left in our small town.

he owns 4% according to the Guardian

Woolworths make the majority of their profits at Christmas, which makes their retail outlets highly unprofitable for the majority of the year.

I'll miss them though. I like Woolies at Christmas and I love the fact that they used to be the only store open when you went into a holiday town in the old days!

the problem is everything you can buy in Woolies yu can buy in the supermarket these days

The big store in our city centre closed down but they opened one in a town nearby last week
If they were having problems surely they wouldn't have built and opened a new store

We have a large woolworths in town, i have to say when i go in its never very busy , i have been going in to get 3 for 2's for x-mas, they always seen to have good offers.

It will be a huge shame to see it go.

DD (who used to have a Sunday job at Woolies before going to university in October) has just been offered as many hours as she wants to work over the Christmas holiday, which doesn't sound like cutting back.

Woolworths have been troubled for some time. They are delaying paying their business rates due to cash flow issues. Their share price has also dropped to 3.36 p. I'd be surprised if they were still around in the New Year

Noooo. Woolies can't go. We have one in our little town, its fab.

Must go and buy some tat something useful from woolies, do my bit to keep them afloat.

Woolworths has gone completely from Ireland, it makes our trips to Wales and England very exciting. I love Woolies.

It can't close, it's the only place that sells baby clothes near me!