Will be sadly missed in many small towns (Woolworths)

Member Name: foxylou1980

Product:	Woolworths
Date:	12/01/09 (33 review reads)
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Advantages: Ladybird clothing range, pick 'n' mix!

Disadvantages: Never really found it's niche

I have many fond memories of shopping in Woolworths as a child and I am very sorry to see it go, mainly for these nostalgic reasons. Where I grew up - in a town called Northallerton in North Yorkshire - it was one of only two shops in the town where you could buy the latest singles (I bought most of my music there on cassette in the early 1990s!) and also the latest films (on VHS of course!) They also did a mean line in kids pick 'n' mix; very expensive but the sugar rush was great! I can remember trying to buy some Champagne truffles in there for my Nanna when I was about 13 and two shop assistants arguing over whether this was legal or not! (I was eventually allowed to buy them, I still don't know if I was breaking the law by doing so, the rebel in me would like to think so!) This was also the place where you got dragged to when it was school uniform time; in recent years I had come to appreciate just how good the children's clothing range "Ladybird" was in Woolworths when buying clothes for my own children.

Unfortunately Woolworths could no longer compete in the increasingly competitive retail market; for example, as good as Ladybird cloting was, it was a fair bit more expensive than the equally good children's clothing you can get in Tesco or Asda. Their CDs and DVDs were much more expensive than you would find on websites such as CD Wow and Play.com.

I think that the main problem with Woolworths was that it just didn't have enough of a "niche" appeal; in a sense it was Jack of all trades and master of none. I think it will be missed by many people, especially in small towns where people will not have to travel out of town or shop online for their music and films.

Summary: It is sad to see Wooloworths go but it couldn't possibly compete in today's competitive market