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Woolworths Rises From The Dead As Online-Only Store; Will It Do Downloads?

Feb 2, 2009 5:30 AM

The Barclay brothers’ Shop Direct retail group is resurrecting the Woolworths name as an online-only store, so far focusing on childrenswear - but we are also expecting some kind of digital content component… Woolies’ collapse in November took with it its nascent music downloads business Woolworthsdownload.co.uk. The online store, which…

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Woolworths Collapse Could Affect Real Networks; Companies Are Talking

Dec 12, 2008 9:47 AM

Real Networks is talking with Woolworths’ wholesale subsidiary Entertainment UK (EUK) to figure out what the retailer’s possible demise could mean for it. EUK, which distributes CDs, DVDs and other media for Woolies, in March also became a customer for Digital Vault, a new white-label digital music network created by…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Music, realnetworks, woolworths

Updated: Woolies May Sell DVD Business To BBC, Wants To Keep Download Supplier

Nov 26, 2008 4:50 AM

UPDATE: The BBC’s business editor Robert Peston is reporting that Woolworths will tonight go into administration and bring in Deloitte to manage the break-up of the business. Entertainment UK will also go into administration, meaning it could be sold off or broken up, depending on what the best deal might…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Companies, BBC, BBC Worldwide, woolworths

Woolworths Kills Off CD Singles, Reboots Download Store Instead

May 27, 2008 5:51 AM

The days of browsing your local Woolies for the latest Top 40 tracks are over - the ailing retailer is to stop stocking CD singles from August. In place, it’s relaunched Woolworths Download - a RealNetworks-powered music, video, games and mobile content store. Woolworths commercial director Jim Batchelor: “CDs are…

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