Woolworths Holdings Limited is a South African multinational retail company that owns Woolworths, a South African luxury department store chain, and Australian retailer Country Road Group. Woolworths, however, has no association to Australia's Woolworths supermarket chain. The South African Woolworths business consists of luxury goods, being fashion, home and beauty stores, many of which incorporate a premium food retail offering. Stand-alone food stores and "Food Stops" attached to Engen petrol stations are found in urban areas. Woolworths operates 218 full-line stores and 430 food stand-alone stores in South Africa, with 64 stores throughout the rest of Africa. Woolworths sells clothing and accessory items under a number of brands, namely Studio W, RE: and Edition, with the Group's Australian brands Country Road, Witchery and Trenery also represented. The Group's Australian-based specialty apparel and homewares retail subsidiary, Country Road Group, operates 557 stores. The Group operates under separate brands Country Road, Witchery, Trenery, Mimco and Politix. Wikipedia