I didnt see this one coming at all!

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Who will be next???

Crazy

 

well i suppose their stores are full of shit !

 

it was news about a week ago fella

 

had a 70% sale on at our local one last week,chavs were queing out the door,night club style,2 out let 2 in.

 

Been on the cards for a few weeks mate. Really hope they have a rescue package as it'll be a crying shame to see them go.

 

its a big ol company to loose!
thats almost like WH smiths going or somethin like that.

sign of the times i suppose.

 

my mrs works for woolies and at the mo they are selling everything realy cheap they are giving 20% discount to anyone who buys anything, dont think she will have a job after xmas

 

Not good peeps

 

its only a shame if you use them, i cant remember the last time i was in a woolies shop. 15-20 years ago perhaps?

 

I use them Fuz................not every week I grant you but I do use them.

 

woolies just cant compete with all the pound shops. The mrs is trying to get her pension out but she is going to lose 10% when she finaly gets it out.

 

The web has killed them as well. The internet is convenient but in some respects it has alot to answer for.

 

Honestly I cannot rememeber the last time I shopped in Wollies , does make you think

 

Gone!

 

Actually, what has killed them was their wholsesale supply of CDs and DVDs - their subsidiary business EUK.

Approximately two years ago, they lost the contract to supply Tesco, who are now the second largest purchaser of media entertainment, and it's hit their profits massively.

That, coupled with a lack of forethought and no market definition means that it was only a matter of time.

 

saturday morrning when i was little i would go to woolworths when my son was little took him there shopping... just like many other people i think ???????? real sad one this

 

Each tesco delivery from handlemans (who took contract) is bigger than euks delivery to all other supermarkets,woolies etc put together in a average town.

MASSIVE MASSIVE LOSS.

 

no more pic n nix

 

sad sad day

 

They had 2 stores in york and both have shut in the last couple of years

 

Woolys failed to adapt to the market over recent years, as well as the cd stuff. Shame really.

 

I done a report on this for uni, Change or Die. And looks like its happened Feel sorry for the people who work there.


As Rich said they had no Market defination, i mean what would you go to Woolworths for? Nothing paticular, the supermarkets have killed it!

 

"Tesco, who are now the second largest purchaser of media entertainment"

Out of interest who's number 1?

 

Sad times always use to go in theoir when I was a lad every Saturday,but not been in one for ages

 

fooking hell...

 

Just said 25,000 peoples jobs at risk

 

im guessing amazon???

 

What a shame for all those people out of work. Not to mention the burden on the giovernment when they need paying benefits to survive.

 

30,000 they employ
15,000 could go in january
used to be good shops when i wa young

who's next?

 

shame being around for donkey years whos next

 

are the shops now all closed? as needed to get some toys from there tomorrow?

namely lakeside shopping centre one?

 

and 70% of them old so aint gonna get a job anywhere else but gregs

ironically i never went in one for years,,,, infact since i lived in aycliffe when i was 7 and then noticed that theres one on my highstreet,,,,, which ive drove past for years too and never noticed it

spent 180 quid last year on christmas toys and shite for my little one due to there crazy sales,,,,, of which she uses one of em anoyingly

 

This government really has no idea what its doing. Dropping the tax a little bit now but actually gonna make us even more worse off next year and the year after. Government said they were helping, independant body said it was rubbish and they were gonna make us worse off!

 

Thats life i suppose. The large outlests killed the little local shops off, now the net is killing the larger outlets off. sad...

 

they sell/sold utter shite, no surprises really.

Shame but there must be someone willing to take on the name and give it a revamp?

 

Funny that you mention that, I just finished an essay on a similar topic for uni today - seems a shame that they have gone but to be honest I can't see there being much of a void left in the market. Most/everything they sold is available else where.

 

According to the Government that wont happen as Agiesm has been outlawed

 

Who's next then???

I've just gone back to work (meat/dry good distribution) after a 2 week holiday expecting it to be busy and it was proper dead compared to what it should be. We should be busy now getting ready for xmas parties but the work load is dropping by the day as bar/clubs etc aren't buying, lucky we have the complete council contacts to keep us going.

 

they won't close until after xmas seeing as they have reported in the news that there is as much as a 90% rise in sales in this run up

so no one is going to close them down if they can earn some sort of money from it

 

WHSmith will never have a money issue. I use to work for them and i can tell you that they don't make near enough cash as they do on the high street than with the WHSmith Travel Brand. Airports and Train Stations prices are stupidly high.

I remember paying 83p for a Wispa Bar, £6.55 for a deck of 20 and £1.85 for a small Vimto.

But i must say that walking down the high street and not seeing woolworths will be strange. Its been there since i was a child.