Woolworths

An outside look of the former Woolworths in Mansfield.

Woolworths to make possible return to British high streets

The Woolworths stores closed in 2008.

A look at Leeds Woolworths on its closure's 15th anniversary

New research has found which retailers Brits miss seeing most on our highstreets

The 5 shops Brits miss most on UK highstreets including Woolworths

Meet Geoff Stonebanks - owner of 10,000 Christmas decorations

Boris Johnson. Picture: Getty.

Johnson has no answer to cost of living, but I remember the 70s - Andrew Vine

Designs for the Grand Central Place designs in Briggate, Leeds. The House of Fraser store would be turned into retail and student accommodation.

House of Fraser in Briggate to be demolished to make way for hundreds of student...

The Tesco campaign featuring Father Christmas presenting his Covid pass at border control has sparked more than 3,000 complaints since it launched.

Tesco was right: Why not ban anti-vaxxers from the shops? – David Behrens

Carrie Rose, the founder of Rise at Seven. The company is offering students the chance to get their rent paid for and hands on work experience if they leave university to work for them. Photo: Rise at Seven

Company offers student their rent back if they quit university and work for them

The landmark Debenhams store in Leeds city centre.

Tax online giants to save our high streets – Andrew Vine

You can now take a 3D virtual tour of Woolworths as it was 30 years ago

Woolworths’ Pic ‘n’ Mix is back - here’s where you can buy it

Kay Ashton, put the tree up earlier than usual this year because she was "fed up at home"

Britain's oldest Christmas tree put up for 100th year in a row in Sheffield

Howard Moss, managing director of cleaning products manufacturer Astonish on the production line at the Bradford-based factory. Picture: Tony Johnson

How a £3 oven cleaner led to “bonkers” sales for Astonish

Mothercare in York on the day administration was announced for the company's UK retail operations. Picture: Bruce Rollinson

Mothercare’s woes show how business rates harm the High Street as online giants ...

There will be few readers of The Yorkshire Post who haven’t turned to Mothercare at some point in their lives for help in bringing up children and grandchildren. Its apparently impending demise on the High Street will bring an undoubted sense of sadness for those who have grown up with the store, bringing back echoes of the collapse of Woolworths in 2008.

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Woolworths closed 10 years ago

Ten years on, the wonder of Woolworth is that its shops are still in business...

Chris Edwards turned Poundworld into a thriving business.

YP Letters: Sad to see Poundworld's bargains disappear

The UK has bid farewell to a number of big retail brands over the years

Retail closures: the UK's best loved high street stores lost over the years

The UK has bid farewell to a number of big retail brands over the years

Retail closures: the UK's best loved high street stores lost over the years

Bite-size theatre: Slung Low Shorts, featuring six short plays runs at at Slung Lows HUB this week. (Picture: Jim Mumby).

Stage review: Slung Low Shorts 3

Woolworths, also known as Woolies, was best known for its pick 'n' mix sweets, school clothing and stationary stock

Retail tragedy: The UK's best loved shops that have disappeared

Asos is determined that its clothing should be slavery free

Asos tackles modern slavery in the supply chain

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Yorkshire '˜creamware' that graced middle-class sideboards of generations past i...

Bob Miller, right, with his brother Jim.

Boss who ran famed Doncaster electrical store Miller Bros with his brother dies

Bruce Everall, president of the Arthington Show. Pictures by James Hardisty.

President for show's centenary in Wharfedale

#SaveBHS branding is displayed on the windows of the head office of retailer British Homes Stores (BHS) in London.

BHS: Which stores are closing and what happens next

FOURTEEN BHS stores in the Yorkshire region have been confirmed as casualties of the retailer's collapse.

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Counting the cost of high street collapses

11,000 BHS jobs are at risk

How '˜Judas' fashion boss Philip Green betrayed BHS staff - by MP

The BHS at Rotherham's Parkgate Shopping Centre is one of many across Yorkshire

BHS collapse: What now for 14 Yorkshire high streets and 1,000 jobs?

Rise and fall of BHS

BHS name will disappear from high street as cherry-pickers gather

Video - Britain’s oldest Christmas tree has gone up again - for the 95th YEAR

Poundland is set to buy rival 99p Stores

Penny drops as Poundland buys rival for £55m

Andrew Vine: Sugar and spice with a dollop of schadenfreude

Retailer B&M set for £2bn flotation

Bob Stanley

Personal angles make pop history an engrossing read

The Original Factory Shop

Value retailer sees growth as CEO hands over control

£5m victory for axed store employees

M&S veteran Stuart Rose takes over at Ocado

Former M&S boss takes Ocado helm

Probe into Comet’s collapse as last 49 stores shut

Examination ordered as Comet shuts up shop for the last time

50 more Comet stores to close this weekend

Anger as vouchers for Comet suspended

Comet “on brink of administration”

The rotters’ club

Iceland plays it cool by looking to the long term for best results

Blue role takes former M&S chief back to high street

Shop floor to Poundstretcher chief

3,000 jobs lost in shops deal but 6,000 saved

1,400 jobs to go in Bonmarche deal

Increase in number of old Woolworths’ stores being hit by the wrecking ball

Poundworld to create 1,800 jobs as it moves to plug Woolworth gap

Poundworld rolling out new discount chain across country

TJ Hughes ‘to appoint administrators’

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