Woolworths shares dive to all-time low after warning of 'marked' downturn
Woolworths had a day to forget yesterday, when it posted a profit warning, revealed dire recent trading, and tore up plans to sell its £200m stake in DVD publisher 2 entertain.
Woolworths insists new chief executive can reinvigorate chain
Woolworths' chairman, Richard North, maintained that its retail division can robustly grow its profits yesterday as the group parted company with its chief executive, Trevor Bish Jones. 
Woolworths still eyeing The Warehouse
Cashed-up retailer Woolworths is still likely to make a tilt at the New Zealand general merchandise retailer The Warehouse, an investment house says.
Woolworths may plunge into a retail...
If Steve Johnson wondered what he had let himself in for by agreeing to be the
new chief executive of Woolworths, it was laid bare yesterday. According to
one City analyst, he...
Wesfarmers shares up with rising success
Wesfarmers shares rose 1.8 per cent Monday after the company finalised part of a $2.5 billion equity raising and opened it to retail shareholders.
Wesfarmers gas shock
Wesfarmers says pretax earnings may be cut by $20 million per month due to the gas outage in Western Australia.
Wesfarmers chairman to step down
Wesfarmers chairman Trevor Eastwood will step down from the post in November to be succeeded by current deputy chairman Bob Every.
Woolworths rings the changes
WOOLWORTHS, whose 820 stores in Britain sell goods from appliances to sweets, has announced that its chief executive officer, Trevor Bish-Jones, will leave after deteriorating...
Woolworths fined for breaking FSA rules
Woolworths has been fined £350,000 by the Financial Services Authority for taking too long to disclose that its profits would be lower than expected.
New profit warning as Woolworths abandons 2entertain sale
Woolworths lurched deeper into crisis yesterday as it abandoned the planned sale of 2entertain, its DVD publishing business, and admitted that a recent collapse in sales meant that it would again miss its profit targets.
Woolworths chief executive quits as...
Trevor Bish Jones, chief executive at Woolworths, is stepping down from one of
the high street's oldest retailers after more than six years of struggling
to put the group back...
Head of Woolworths to step down
Retail group Woolworths says its chief executive is to step down as it reports a further decline in sales.
Be patient: Wesfarmers boss insists...
THE Wesfarmers chief executive, Richard Goyder, has hit back at suggestions the company is taking too long to turn around the Coles Group businesses it acquired last year,...
Woolworths hit with £350,000 market...
Woolworths, the UK retailer, has been fined £350,000 by the Financial Services
Authority (FSA) for taking too long to disclose sensitive information to the
stock market.
Woolies pressured to cut ties with APP
An activist group wants Woolworths shareholders to pressure the supermarket giant to stop sourcing paper products from one of Asia's largest pulp companies.
Fuel's gold as a million people play...
WOOLWORTHS has left the door open for its new discount fuel card to morph into a sophisticated customer loyalty card similar to that pioneered by the British supermarket giant...
Woolworths rejects offer by Iceland chief Walker
Woolworths has rejected a surprise offer to acquire its retail division by Malcolm Walker, chief executive of the frozen food specialist Iceland.
Woolworths angers shareholders by rejecting Iceland founder's approach
Woolworths faces a showdown with its biggest shareholders after the ailing retailer rejected a takeover approach for its 815 stores yesterday from Malcolm Walker, the founder of the Iceland frozen-food chain.
Woolworths shares crash to seven-year...
Shares in Woolworths crashed this morning to a seven-year low after the
retailer issued a profit warning, saying that sales declined in the first
half.
Woolworths rocked as senior director...
One of Woolworths’ most senior directors has quit only a month after the high
street retailer’s new chief executive savaged the poor performance of the
group.
Woolworths considers options for DVD...
Woolworths has responded to speculation that it is using investment bank UBS to sell its 40 per cent stake in the DVD publisher 2entertain. In a Stock Exchange statement,...
Wesfarmers in trading halt
Share trading in Wesfarmers was halted today ahead of a retail entitlement offer.
Steve Johnson to run Woolworths
Woolworths, the troubled high street retailer, has appointed Steve Johnson,
the former chief executive of Focus DIY, as its new chief executive. He
replaces Trevor Bish-Jones,...
Steve Johnson takes £9m challenge to...
The executive who sold Focus DIY for £1 last year is on his way to becoming a
£9 million man after landing the top job at Woolworths.
Iceland 'in bid for Woolworths'
The boss of the Iceland frozen food chain offers to buy troubled retailer Woolworths' network of 815 stores, reports say.
Woolworths hires finance veteran in...
Woolworths has appointed a new chief financial officer days after the
departure of a senior director raised concerns that other executives may
leave the troubled retailer.