[1] Prior to this, it purchased the defunct British and Irish Woolworths brands from The Very Group in July 2021.

[2][3] In January 2024, CEO Roman Heini told BBC News that it owned the rights to the 'Woolworth' and 'Woolworths' names throughout Europe, and that it is seeking European expansion.

[7] On 11 April 2009, the Woolworth GmbH board of directors voted to declare insolvency as the chain was squeezed between discounters and more specialist retailers.

[8] By the end of August the Federal Cartel Office approved the acquisition of 71 Woolworth stores by the Schlecker retail chain.

[9] In May 2010, Woolworth was sold to HH Holding, a subsidiary of the Tengelmann Group (which owns KiK and OBI), and by 1 July the headquarters had moved from Frankfurt to Unna.

In February 2016, the chain opened its 300th branch in Dortmund city centre.

[14] In October 2022, Woolworth announced that it sees potential for more than 1,000 locations in the medium term and announced that the chain would expand to Poland in May 2023, it was also stated that the chain had experienced immense financial growth and was becoming more popular due to the cost of living crisis.