What type of business is woolworths?

Question

is woolworths a small business? is it pty ltd?

what is its prime function?

Answer 1

no its a massive business

made by someone from new york

he had a skyscraper made, like in the 1930s or before ro soemthing...

Answer 2

woolworths is like a huge company of supermarkets

Answer 3

It's like a drugstore with clothes.

EDIT: And that one person only has it half right. Woolworth's was known as a "five and dime" when they first opened because most items they sold were a nickel or a dime. They also had an extensive lunch counter and soda fountain.

Answer 4

uhh a really bad one, i worked  there... if you mean the retail one... now you mention it... it has no specific purpose does it??

Answer 5

Woolworths, if there are still any in existance are discount department stores.  You know, like a five and dime store.

Answer 6

Woolsworths was what used to be called a "dime store". You could go there and buy almost anything really cheap. I guess you could say they were the precursor of WalMart.

Answer 7

Many decades ago it used to be good viable department store chain here in the states. As far as I know, at least here in CT, the stores are gone.

Answer 8

it is a very large chain of supermarkets(Cole's & woollies are the top 2 in australia) it is listed on the stockmarket

Closing prices

Closing prices are displayed for the last 5 days on which the security traded on ASX within the last 6 months.

Date  Last  % Change  High  Low  Vol *  

20 Mar 2008 28.000 -3.55% 28.550 28.000 8,760,383

19 Mar 2008 29.030 5.79% 29.030 28.330 4,901,883

18 Mar 2008 27.440 2.2% 27.710 26.960 3,468,564

17 Mar 2008 26.850 0.26% 27.040 26.160 3,818,906

14 Mar 2008 26.780 -1.54% 27.710 26.590 2,128,181

Answer 9

Woolworths is certainly not a small company, i believe its a Public Limited company dealing in Retail and distribution.

30,000 odd employees across the group

that is, if you're referring to the british chain, there is an Australian one. find out more on wikipedia.org

Answer 10

I think Woolworths is a small business.