▁from ▁international ▁special ty ▁store ▁expansion , ▁the ▁W ool worth ▁Corporation ▁sold ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁W ool co ▁Canada ▁stores ▁to ▁Wal mart . ▁Wal mart ▁did ▁not ▁ac quire ▁the ▁W ool co ▁stores ▁that ▁were ▁either ▁union ized ▁or ▁had ▁dow nt own ▁locations . ▁Some ▁W ool co ▁stores ▁were ▁sold ▁and ▁re - open ed ▁as ▁Z ellers ▁stores ; ▁when ▁Z ellers ▁liquid ated ▁from ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁some ▁of ▁those ▁stores ▁were ▁later ▁sold ▁to ▁Target ▁Canada , ▁which ▁ceased ▁operations ▁themselves ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁following ▁bank rupt cy . ▁In ▁the ▁UK , ▁King fish er ▁pl c ▁attempted ▁to ▁rev ive ▁the ▁style ▁of ▁W ool co ▁with ▁the ▁Big ▁W ▁chain ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁which ▁was ▁successful , ▁but ▁suffered ▁when ▁W ool worth s ▁split ▁into ▁its ▁own ▁company ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁and ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁W ool worth s ▁Group ▁P LC ▁scra pped ▁the ▁Big ▁W ▁chain ▁and ▁sold ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁stores ▁to ▁super market ▁ch ains ▁As da ▁and ▁T es co . ▁W ool worth s ▁re brand ed ▁the ▁Big ▁W ▁stores ▁they ▁kept ▁under ▁their ▁own ▁name ▁and ▁they ▁remained ▁until ▁W ool worth s ' s ▁administration ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁ ▁Canada ▁In ▁a ▁smaller , ▁less ▁crow ded ▁ret ail ing ▁market , ▁W ool