Reporting season neared a close in Australia, with a first-half result from grocery major Woolworths.
High-profile retailers Woolworths and Zavvi were among the companies that went into administration last year.
Woolworths was one of the first casualties of the recession when it went bust in 2008.
High-profile closures, including chains such as Woolworths and Zavvi, have added to this spiral.
Woolworths went into administration late in 2008 after facing increased competition from supermarkets and online retailers.
Comet is one of the biggest retail casualties since the demise of Woolworths in 2008.
The Woolworths vacancy rate compares with just over 14% for the rest of the UK high street.
The majority of stores once belonging to defunct retailer Woolworths have now been re-let, according to research.
Woolworths also manufactures its own brand of everything from sliced bread to grape juices and ice cream.
If you were starting now and you wanted to invent a retailer, you wouldn't invent Woolworths, he says.
Partnering with Woolworths in Australia, the virtual network will be providing the backbone of Woolworths new global network.
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Given a Woolworths electric guitar by a male cousin when aged 15, Regan was forced to teach herself.
Norwich-based QD Stores is due to open in Wellingborough this month in a unit left vacant when Woolworths closed.
Woolworths, a South African retailer, claims that many of its best green ideas have come from staff, not bosses.
Eighty jobs are under threat at two Woolworths stores in the north west.
Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons and Woolworths, as well as smaller hardware stores, were among the outlets selling the knives to youngsters.
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Rather than promoting the MaxRoam SIMs in store, Woolworths will be using their existing telecom, Woolworths Mobile, for the global product.
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Efforts would be made to put Woolworths staff who were losing their jobs in contact with these potential employers, Deloitte said.
The firm says his business strategy was to set up in front of Woolworth and to sell customers "what Woolworths don't stock".
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Daniel Himsworth, a spokesman for Woolworths, said that copies of Leon's single were selling at the rate of 40-per-minute at the chain.
The first round of Woolworths closures comes nearly 100 years after American F W Woolworth opened his first UK store in Liverpool.
"The administration and potential closure of over 1, 400 stores in less than a month far surpasses Woolworths' 807 in January 2009, " said director Matthew Hopkinson.
Former Woolworths manager Sean Trainor said it was a "blow to everyone".
The newest model for foreigners getting into India is the Infiniti-Woolworths partnership.
Through a joint venture with Absa Bank, Woolworths offers financial services such as loans, debit cards and home insurance solutions to its customers.
Woolworths and Virgin Megastores will give their proceeds to the Band Aid Trust charity, while Chancellor Gordon Brown has decided not to charge VAT.
"Woolworths were certainly very much part of town centres throughout the Troubles and survived and came back again and traded very strongly, " he said.
Retailers Woolworths and Virgin Megastores will give their proceeds to the Band Aid Trust charity, while Chancellor Gordon Brown has decided not to charge VAT.
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Of Sir Cliff's total, 95% were bought on CD single from Woolworths branches after he struck a deal with the chain to stock the song.
So Woolworths, for example, was a listed business when it collapsed.
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