Woolworths said on Tuesday it would close Big W stores at Box Hill and Broadmeadows in Victoria and Armidale in regional NSW at the end of January 2021. This follows the closure of stores at Chullora, Auburn and Fairfield in Sydney last January, and at Calamvale in Queensland at the end of April.

How many BIG W stores are in Australia?

BIG W is an Australian chain of discount department stores, which was founded in regional New South Wales in 1964. The company is a division of Woolworths Group and as at 2019 operated 182 stores, with around 22,000 employees across Australia and Asia.

Why is Bigi Armidale closing?

The closure of Big W's Armidale store comes after the company last year announced the intention to close 30 stores nationally over 3 years. David Walker, Managing Director of BIG W said “The decision to close any store is difficult, particularly now that communities are being challenged during COVID-19.