Woolworths Department Store, Cambridge

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I live near Cambridge and was browsing the pertinant reviews,just out of interest.I came across one for Woolworths listed under Cambridge Attractions! Well I agree that W is a useful store but... more

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5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful

emu128

WOOLIES THE WONDER SHOP 17/03/2001

User recommends the product

Advantages Good decent products
Disadvantages The stores aren't that BIG

Where would we all be without a Woolworths in our lives!? Woolworths is such a useful shop to me and my family and I'm sure many people would agree with me! The shop sells products that range from sweets to music to kitchen ware to clothes! Many stores are situated around our country and you will most probably find a store in nearly any town you visit! The stores are all really clean and take up a lot of space so each product is easy to find. The stores are usually split into main sections such as FOOD AND DRINK, CLOTHES AND SHOES, MUSIC AND VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT, STATIONARY, KITCHEN APPLIANCES ... more
12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful

hipchickvic

Can't pull the Woolies over my eyes 13/04/2001

User doesn't recommend the product

Advantages Wonderful range of goods
Disadvantages Tacky - the Morecambe of high street shops

When I was a little kid, I used to love going to Woolworth’s – for me, it was the pinnacle of the shopping experience. How times change! Woolworth’s is hell on earth for everyone concerned – adults, kids and the staff themselves. It’s one huge big confused mess of a store with products spilling out into the aisle, crammed in as tightly as possible and topped off with a unique ‘smell’ which I will describe here as ‘Ode de Woolies’. One thing I cannot pull Woolies up on is variety. They’ve got Cd’s, games, videos, kids clothes ... more
14 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful

peterkinxl5

They lost me but I've returned 05/04/2005

User recommends the product

Advantages Good range of products, FANTASTIC prices on CD's DVD's etc, clean well lit store, easy accessibility for Physically challenged, a good range of products
Disadvantages Not the cheapest for confectionery, annoying queueing system which is like the Post office-but then again you can't have everything.

Woolworths is one of the stores I remember going into back in 1969 at the age of six for my parents to buy me a birthday present. Since then , they relocated the store into the Mander Centre which was up until ten years ago the biggest in Europe. They downsized the premesis massivly though, having lost two floors to Boots and squeezing everything into the one floor. I spoke to a member of staff on this issue who told me that Woolworths had the same turnover as before with massivly reduced overheads so in that sense it made good business sense. Woolworths used to be a cramped, poorly lit store ... more
7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful

murky5

stuck in the middle 24/04/2001

User doesn't recommend the product

Advantages High Street locations, range of products
Disadvantages cluttered displays/only deals in minimum of each range

Woolworth's appears to have been around for ever. Certainly it has been a permanent fixture in most high streets for many years.This I think could be the problem. I had a good look around my local store yesterday and couldn't help thinking that the best way to describe it would be the retail equivalent of 'jack of all trades and master of none'. In actual fact I feel that the whole concept of Woolworths has somehow been stuck in a time warp of about 20 years ago. They, on the face of it, offer a huge range of goods for sale. However,when you start to look a little deeper, I think you will find ... more
12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful

WAD1-2-3

Very good store 09/05/2001

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We have quite a big ‘Woolworths’ near our house, and because of that I think it’s such a good high street shop. It has a huge variety of things in stock, I was quite surprised to find they even sold baby clothes. The shops are very well organised, with all the music section in one place, the sweets and magazines in one area, the baby clothes and items at the back, the gifts/presents in another area. The reason I like shopping at ‘Woolworths’ is because it’s so spacious, and airy. I, hate places which just cramp things together, and more that two people ... more