Entries in 'woolworths' (73)
Report: GAME talks collapse, administration sell-off imminent
Talks to save GAME have reportedly collapsed, with reports suggesting that it will enter administration tomorrow when an immediate sell-off of assets will begin.
Troubling times for Alworths
Less than two years after it rose from the ashes of former High Street giant Woolworths, rumours are circulating that the chain might be heading for trouble.
Gerry Berkley joins Centresoft
Retail veteran Gerry Berkley has joined Centresoft as consumer fulfilment sales manager.
Alworths plans to open 200 stores
Woolworths’ former development boss has told MCV he will open up to 200 Alworths stores throughout the UK – and games will be stocked in all outlets.
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Woolies expects Xmas games boost
Home shopping and online retail giant Shop Direct anticipates a strong Christmas for games after tripling its share in the software market.
Woolies to make High Street return
The Times has reported that the home shopping retailer, owned by Sir Frederick and Sir David Barclay, bought the name from the administrators and resurrected it online earlier this year. ...
HMV targeting former Zavvi stores
Entertainment retailer HMV has confirmed that it's upcoming temporary Christmas stores will target locations now vacated thanks to the demise of Zavvi and Woolworths.
Woolies online boss quits
The trading director of Shop Direct, parent company of Woolworths Online, has left the firm – sparking speculation that the business is in trouble.
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HMV snares THQ trade marketing boss
Former THQ trade marketing manager Wayne Wilson has joined HMV in the newly-created post of online games manager.
Reborn Woolworths bursts into life
Woolworths.co.uk has kicked off a nationwide marketing campaign to draw consumers to its site, in a sign of its strength as a reborn retailer.
Woolworths resurrection on the cards
Defunct UK retailer Woolworths could yet rise from the dead with the news that former MD Tony Page is negotiating with investors with a view to securing a £10m deal ...
Gerry Berkley returns to games
Former Woolworths games boss Gerry Berkley has returned to the industry four months after the retailer closed, MCV can reveal.
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12 more Woolies stores snapped up
Value retail chain Poundland has today announced that it has purchased 12 ex-Woolworths stores.
RETAIL BIZ: News round-up
This week in Retail Biz, Granger Games has opened the first of four new stores as GAME wins best specialist at the Oracle Retail Week Awards.
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‘New Woolworths’ calls for games industry backing
The former commercial director of Woolworths has told MCV that games will play a “key role” in his new nationwide retail chain.
‘Woolworths’ to return to the High Street
Three former bosses of Woolworths are ‘relaunching’ the High Street legend under a new name.Advertisement
EUK games boss joins Tesco
EUK’s former games chief John Stanhope has joined Tesco as senior buying manager in the UK – signalling the company’s keenness to get closer to the trade in 2009....
Woolworths resurrected as online retailer
Woolworths is to make a Lazarus-like return as an online brand after it was bought by Shop Direct.
Iceland snaps up 51 Woolworths stores
Iceland snaps up 51 Woolworths stores
Woolworths closure was ‘unnecessary’
Woolworths’ largest shareholder Ardeshir Naghshineh has called the demise of the retailer “unnecessary”, and talked of his frustration over the collapse.
Woolworths closure delayed
Woolworths administrator Deloitte has announced that the final closure of the retailer’s remaining outlets will be delayed by one working day.
EUK failure was 'too much' for Zavvi to cope with
The group founding partners of Zavvi have singled out the demise of EUK as having a big part to play in the chain's going into administration.
Zavvi enters administration
Entertainment retailer Zavvi has fallen into administration following the collapse of EUK, auditor Ernst and Young has confirmed.
Deloitte details full Woolworths closure plans
Deloitte, the administrators looking after the shut down of Woolworths, has this morning sent out a list of all the stores and dating their closure.
