Woolworths closing down sale reported in Times.

tomstickland

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/retailing/article5320013.ece

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tomstickland wrote: »

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/retailing/article5320013.ece

What a shame, I had thought that at least some of it could be sold off.

Things must be pretty dire on the high street.

amcluesent

At the other end of the social spectrum, I look in the windows of Laura Ashley and think 'why?'

davetrousers

amcluesent wrote: »

At the other end of the social spectrum, I look in the windows of Laura Ashley and think 'why?'

Is Woolies considered to be for the proletariat then?

amcluesent

>Is Woolies considered to be for the proletariat then?<

People in Laura Ashley look down on people in Woolies
People in Woolies look down on poeple in Poundland
People in Poundland know their place.

Zelie

I like the concept of Woolies and in fact once worked for them but I think their delivery is poor. Having heard about their troubles and knowing there was a sale on I went down there last week. And then I went to Wilkinsons because they are cheaper for the same stuff and that was even with the Woolies sale on. The only thing I bought at Woolies was a new shredder and that was only because Wilkinson's don't sell them.

I actually find it pretty sad that they are closing. I like the company and if they sold things a bit cheaper then I'd have bought there more often. I think the trouble was they were trying to straddle two markets and were slightly too expensive to be a prole shop and slightly too downmarket to be a Laura Ashley-type shop.

themanbearpig

Good riddance, it was a waste of space...

lostinrates

I only know of fairly small woolies locally, I went in to one to see what I would buy recently ib the event of such a sale, but they didn't have what I wanted, I think thy would in a bigger store, but of course th website is down.

Generali

davetrousers wrote: »

Is Woolies considered to be for the proletariat then?

I've been led to believe that one of the problems Woolworths had as a store was that they thought their customers were a bunch of chavs or something whereas actually they were most lower middle class, hard working types.

THX-1139

I won! Years of waiting and moaning have worked. Serves them right for cutting up my credit card because my S looked like an L in my signature. I've lost count of the number of people I have told this sorry tale too. Maybe it hepled their demise. Good riddance! :T

avantra

Went to Woolie in Filton today, shop is already half empty and the shoppers loot everyrhing they can, I didn't buy anything as they sold all the de-icer in stock, was sad to see the staff still smiling.