Woolworths
British retail company
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| January 2024 | Woolworth Deutschland's chief executive expressed interest in expanding to the UK market. |
| July 2021 | Woolworth Deutschland acquired the British and Irish Woolworths brand and website from The Very Group. |
| October 2020 | An unverified Twitter account @UKWoolworths falsely claimed Woolworths UK was planning to relaunch. The hoax was created by teenage student Luke Castle as an experiment to test brand loyalty, and was quickly debunked by the Very Group, which owns the Woolworths brand. |
| October 13 2015 | Woolworths Group plc was officially dissolved. |
| June 2015 | Online Woolworths business was closed and merged into Very.co.uk. |
| August 2012 | Wellworths (later renamed Wellchester) ceases trading after Claire Robertson leaves to establish her own retail consultancy business. |
| January 2012 | 105 former Woolworths shops remained empty, and an additional 68 had been demolished. |
| April 2011 | Alworths enters administration and closes all of its shops. |
| January 2011 | Alworths expands to 18 shops across the UK. |
| August 2010 | BBC reported that over 300 (approximately 40%) of former Woolworths outlets remained empty, with discount retailers like Poundland predominantly occupying these spaces. |
| March 2010 | BBC Worldwide purchased Woolworths Group's 40% stake in 2 Entertain for £17 million, gaining full ownership of the company following negotiations with Woolworths' administrators. |
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