F. W. Woolworth Company
Retail company
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| 2025 | Planned expansion to open Czech stores by the end of the year. |
| 2024 | Announced plans to potentially return to the UK and restore the 'S' in the brand name. |
| January 2024 | CEO Roman Heini announces to BBC News that the company owns the rights to 'Woolworth' and 'Woolworths' names across Europe and is pursuing further European expansion. |
| November 2023 | Woolworth re-establishes its presence in Austria. |
| May 2023 | Woolworth opens its first store in Poland, marking the beginning of its expansion into new European markets. |
| May 8 2023 | Woolworth opened its first Polish store in Kraków, followed by stores in Poznań and Warsaw. |
| October 2022 | Woolworth announced plans to expand to over 1,000 locations and to enter the Polish market. |
| October 2022 | Woolworth announced plans to expand to over 1,000 locations and confirmed expansion into Poland in May 2023. |
| July 2021 | Woolworth Deutschland purchases the defunct British and Irish Woolworths brands from The Very Group. |
| September 2020 | New headquarters opened in Unna industrial park, including a distribution centre, with around 450 staff initially and plans to expand to over 1,000 staff. |
| October 31 2019 | Woolworth opened its 400th store in Bielefeld. |
| February 2016 | The chain opened its 300th branch in Dortmund city centre. |
| 2015 | Shop Direct Group ceased operating the UK Woolworths online entity. |
| May 2010 | Woolworth was sold to HH Holding, a subsidiary of the Tengelmann Group, and moved its headquarters from Frankfurt to Unna by 1 July. |
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