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Wellchester (originally Wellworths) was a retail store in Dorchester, Dorset, England. ==History== January 2009 saw the closure of the final 200 Woolworths stores in the UK, including the Dorchester branch. At the time of closure, Claire Robertson was the store manager and after the closure of her branch, she decided to open her own version of the store in the former Woolworths premises〔(How Woolies Became Wellies: One Woman's Fight for the High Street ) on BBC TV Listings, 03/04/2009〕 Robertson secured investment for her new business and planned to open her store with 22 of the 25 staff that previously worked at the former Woolworths store, along with one new staff member. BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans officially re-opened the store on 11 March 2009 at 10am. On 2 April 2009, BBC One aired a documentary entitled ''How Woolies Became Wellies: One Woman's Fight for the High Street'', following Robertson's journey from the closing of Woolworths to the opening of Wellworths.〔 Weeks after the store opened, the store was the subject of significant media coverage from across Europe.〔(European film crews flocking to Wellworths in Dorchester ), 26/03/2009〕 Just three months after the opening of the store, Wellworths celebrated its 100,000th customer. Robertson said that she never expected to get through 100,000 so soon after the store's opening day. In August 2009 it was reported that the company was seeking backing to convert and then re-open three more former Woolworths stores under the Wellworths name. In October 2010 it was revealed that the store would change its name to Wellchester after pressure from Shop Direct Group, owner of the Woolworths brand.〔(Wellworths forced to become Wellchester (From Dorset Echo) )〕 In July 2012, it was announced that the store would be closing in the following month.〔(Closing time for Dorchester's Wellchester store (From Dorset Echo) )〕 A closing-down sale went ahead in August, and Poundland applied for planning permission to take over the premises. The Wellchester store finally closed its doors on 18 August. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wellchester」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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