Woolworths goes down

[lefty]

Difficult to believe, really.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7751064.stm

[stiz]

its not hard to belive if their nationwide stores are like our local one, its really gone downhill in recent years :frown:

[Roger]

Not been to Woolies for years but as a kid in the early 60s Woolworths had the best layout of Airfix kits (in plastic bags anyone remember those). There were the 2 bob kits, half-a-crown and then 3 bob boxed, all laid out on a big counter. That was in Woolies Market Street in Manchester...great, simple times:costumes:

[Henry]

Not been to Woolies for years but as a kid in the early 60s Woolworths had the best layout of Airfix kits (in plastic bags anyone remember those). There were the 2 bob kits, half-a-crown and then 3 bob boxed, all laid out on a big counter. That was in Woolies Market Street in Manchester...great, simple times:costumes:
yup next marks and sparks:banghead:
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[brad kaste]

....Woolworths closed out US operations in 1997. Another passing....

[wombat666]

Vanished from mainstream Australia several years ago.
:kilroy:

[deKoven]

It isn't really all that surprising. Woolworth's here in the US was a low class stuff place even when I was a kid in the 1950's. And it seems that low class stuff translates to low class looking place of business. It isn't hard, even today, to walk into a store and get a pretty accurate assessment of a company's commitment to quality merchandise. The newer stores that replaced Woolies learned a bit.

Interesting case in point; Greyhound. When I was little they were one of the best ways to travel medium distances. But time marches and they never marched with it. The stations got "seedier and seedier" and were so bad that most people didn't want to go there at all. Plus, modes of transportation changed and what used to be a very long trip by auto is now just a commute and people drive it every day. Airplanes, etc., etc.

:isadizzy:

[hewman100]

Not completely dead yet. 'Management' lost the point that the customer is the priority. Also over here you can get practically everything now in a supermarket.

It will be a shame if it goes under completely as next year would have been the hundredth anniversary of the first one opening in the UK.

[icycle]

Sad to hear a piece of UK "history", if you will, bowing to the inevitable.

FWIW, the Woolworths of the UK, has not been affiliated with the FW Woolworth Copmany since 1982. They are/were a distinct copmany (though with a common heritage). The "Woolowrths" of Australia, has never been affiliated with FW Woolworth, or the UK operation. It was formed to capitalize on the Woolworth name that was never "registered" in Australia. Woolworth's in the US is still in existance in the US under the name Ventor Corp. It operates under the name "Foot Locker" (and all its sub-names).

Best
Bill

[Buddha13]

Hi all.
Well Woolies are still advertising on the TV today.So they may try and sell it as a going concern.

Buddha13