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In February 2009, Shop Direct Group (later known as The Very Group) purchased the Woolworths brand and website, which continued as an online-only business, until its closure in June 2015 when it was merged into Very.co.uk. In July 2021, Woolworth Deutschland acquired the Woolworths brand and website from The Very Group for an undisclosed sum.
Very (also known as Very.co.uk) is a British online retailer with headquarters in Speke, Liverpool. The brand was launched in the UK in July 2009 as part of the Shop Direct Group (now The Very Group). Very had formerly been known as Littlewoods Direct, and formerly Woolworths.co.uk.
Woolworths (United Kingdom) originally was the British unit of F.W. Woolworth, but operated independently as a separate company from 1982, running stores in the UK, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. It also had interests in other UK retailers, such as B&Q, Comet, Superdrug and Screwfix as part of the Kingfisher group. On November 26, 2008 ...
Woolworths operated in the UK for 100 years, having opened its first store in Liverpool in 1909. It had 807 British stores, including one in the centre of Chelmsford, and its closure left more ...
In 2015, the Woolworths.co.uk brand was closed, and in July 2021, the Woolworths UK brand was sold to Woolworth Deutschland. [ 21 ] At the start of 2009, Shop Direct predicted growth in online sales, with a spokesperson saying: "We anticipate that 70 per cent of our sales will be online by 2010/11 and, therefore, the future of our business is ...
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In February 2009, Shop Direct Group purchased the Woolworths trademark and the internet address woolworths.co.uk, which continued as a retail website until its closure in June 2015. In July 2021, Woolworth Deutschland acquired the Woolworths brand, website, trademarks and intellectual property in the United Kingdom from The Very Group for an ...