Woolworths have a shrewd business plan that you just don't understand Silky.

Isn't it bargains galore at their closing down sale??

its good that they are still willing to take on staff though, particularly keen on graduates it seems...

www.woolworthsgroupplc.com/careers/index.cfm

liquidating 101. The liquidators come in and actually mark up stuff and stick a x% off sign next to it because they know people are idiots and whenever they see a sale they assume they are receiving a better price.

A place close by my work is going out of business and I laughed as I watched people run in there and grabbed marked up merch for 10% off when on any other day of the week when the store was still in business they could have gone in with readily available 20% coupons and bought the exact same items for cheaper.

Surely most people aren't that stupid though? I had a nosey when they opened their 50% sale the other week, and walked straight out again when i noticed all cd's, dvd's & games were still more expensive than play with their 10% discount!

stock is always marked up then discounted , oldest trick in the book ! ripoff britain is finally meeting its maker .....if we were in the euro things would be cheaper .......german sauerkraut and beer

I think Woolworths is a massive loss for the UK So many small towns rely on them as the big name in the high street to draw in trade for everyone else. With them gone, it could be the death of many small high streets

Plus the number of youngsters that start out with jobs at Woolworths The knock on effect of this is massive!

I just hope the supermarkets do step in and buy up most of the stores and keep them open in some shape or form.

Fingers crossed for everyone employed at Woolworths.

Woolworths isn't high street?! they are one of the companies that have wiped out the true high street over the years, trading at silly prices and closing down many businesses on the way. Dixons group are next to go. It's a good thing for smaller independent retailers.

no to the euro

You misunderstood I’m very sorry 30,000 people will be out off a job :'(and clearly they should take that up with the people that miss managed them and didn’t move with the times. Rover, rolls Royce, Bentley, mfi all” have lost their way” and it’s a sad time for British retail but its called irony (and that is very British) sorry!!!!

Absolutely disagree, Woolworths are the high street in generic terms who stood toe to toe with independant retailers, look out of our window and see what your high street looks like now?

If you are looking for the person who killed the high st then look no further than Tesco's. they set up out of town superstores working on ultra skinny margins then when they kill independant stores they set up 'Tesco's express' (Sainsbury's local, call it what you want) charging 10/15% more per item than in the superstores down the road.

How any more Costa Coffee or Pizza Express can your high street stand?

Independant retail on every high street in the country is on its knees and I do know what I'm talking about. B2B sales will remain and internet based business will survive but there will be a lot of blood on the streets over the next 6 months - got a flash BMW dealership down the road from you? In six months it wont be there.......cos they're not selling any cars........no irony here just cold stark facts, the futures not so bright so there's no need to wear shades.

Dont forget sainsburys and Asda along with tesco, Evil, Evil places, horrible yuck, and I hate shopping centres like Bluewater too, the end is nigh

Yes lets keep Woolworth’s alive veralynn, and get rid of Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Costa coffee and pizza express (no job losses there then or is that ok) (sarcasm) and lets get rid of the internet too (forgotten what you are looking at now) (irony) ps bmw are German (very British) (taking the p**s)