This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7864194.stm
The article has changed 12 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 2 | Version 3 |
|---|---|
| Woolworths to be re-born online | Woolworths to be re-born online |
| (20 minutes later) | |
| Woolworths is to be re-launched as an online retailer after being bought by the owners of the Daily Telegraph, Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay. | Woolworths is to be re-launched as an online retailer after being bought by the owners of the Daily Telegraph, Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay. |
| The much-loved High Street chain went into administration in November and its more than 800 stores closed a month ago after struggling with debts of £385m. | |
| It is thought only a fraction of the former total of almost 30,000 staff will get their jobs back. | It is thought only a fraction of the former total of almost 30,000 staff will get their jobs back. |
| Woolworths' children's clothing label Ladybird is also to be re-born online. | Woolworths' children's clothing label Ladybird is also to be re-born online. |
| FROM THE TODAY PROGRAMME More from Today programme | FROM THE TODAY PROGRAMME More from Today programme |
| The brands are being bought by Shop Direct Group, owned by the Barclay twins, for an undisclosed sum. | |
| They will sit alongside their other online retailers, including Great Universal and Marshall Ward. | |
| Shop Direct, formerly Littlewoods Home Shopping, last week announced that it would cut 1,150 jobs in north-west England, mainly from its Crosby call centre. | |
| The Woolworths' store closures followed a clearance sale which saw stock and fixtures and fittings being sold at discount prices. | The Woolworths' store closures followed a clearance sale which saw stock and fixtures and fittings being sold at discount prices. |
| Empty stores in prime High Street locations are tipped to be reopened by other businesses, with frozen food chain Iceland to take over 51 stores. | |
| Debt-laden Woolworths saw its difficulties compounded last year when it was forced to pay cash while buying goods from suppliers because trade credit insurers were no longer prepared to cover its suppliers. | Debt-laden Woolworths saw its difficulties compounded last year when it was forced to pay cash while buying goods from suppliers because trade credit insurers were no longer prepared to cover its suppliers. |