Woolworths pulls "Lolita" bed for young girls
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A shopping chain has withdrawn the sale of beds named Lolita and designed for six-year-old girls after furious parents pointed out that the name was synonymous with sexually active preteens.
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A major investigation is under way into the sexual abuse of as many as 20 girls in Oldham, some as young as 12.
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SYDNEY: Australia&#39;s biggest supermarket operator Woolworths Ltd said yesterday it sees its liquor sales this financial year rising to $A3.5 billion, including its recent acquisition in Queensland, from $A2.1 billion in fiscal 2004.
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British sweets-to-DVDs retailer Woolworths Plc  said that trading over the key Christmas period was "very challenging", knocking its shares, but it expected its retail unit to return to profitability this year.
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Australian regulators intervened on Monday in the escalating fight for control of the pub operator Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group, thwarting an attempt by the retailer Woolworths to trump its larger rival Coles Myer by presenting shareholders with
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SYDNEY: Woolworths Ltd said it will extend its latest bid for hotels group ALH Ltd after Australia&#39;s takeover regulator intercepted what could have been a knock-out blow in the retail giant&#39;s takeover battle with rival Coles Myer.
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Britain's Woolworths Group Plc  said on Friday it was to supply U.S. Wal-Mart Stores Inc's  British supermarket chain Asda with CDs, video games, and selected elements of Asda's DVD range.
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Traditional high-energy lightbulb will be taken off the shelves under a government scheme.
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One of the three Alko outlets in Rovaniemi has been ordered to be closed for two days after Christmas, after it was found that three bottles of spirits had been sold to a 16-year-old without checking her ...
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High Street chain Woolworths reports narrower half-year losses after a pick-up in sales at its retail division.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Coles Myer Ltd. (CML.AU) blinked first in the bitter and expensive battle for a sliver of Australia&#39;s A$11 billion retail liquor market, handing victory to arch rival Woolworths Ltd.
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SYDNEY: Australia&#39;s biggest supermarket group, Woolworths Ltd, won a fierce $A1.33 billion battle for pubs chain ALH yesterday, beating out rival Coles Myer Ltd which conceded defeat.
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SYDNEY: Australian retailer Woolworths Ltd has upped the stakes in the bidding war for ALH Ltd. offering more money than giant rival Coles Meyer did last week but then giving the pub and liquor store group just over four hours in which to accept.
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Three-year-old Chloe Colligan picks  out her camp clothes at discount retailer Target, but for other  occasions, she wears the cashmere, velvet, silk and woven  cotton fashions of luxury children's clothing maker Baby CZ.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australian retail heavyweight Woolworths Ltd. (WOW.AU) Monday said annual net profit rose 12% to A$731 million, and predicted solid growth this
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Coles Myer has branded the new Woolworths bid offered for Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group as unacceptable. Coles Myer, which has teamed up with Macquarie Bank through joint venture vehicle CMM Hotel
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British sweets-to-DVDs retailer Woolworths  said trading over the key Christmas period had been "very challenging" but it expected its retail business to return to profitability this year.