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Last year, it dodged reports it was selling Big W - now Woolworths has divested in another discount department store.

The company has sold its 8.8 per cent stake in New Zealand retailer The Warehouse Group.

Woolworths sold its shares for $84.1 million, less than half the price it paid in 2006.

The move means the company will not enter the New Zealand discount department store sector and replicate its Big W business.

It will instead focus on sales via its e-commerce platform EziBuy, which was acquired for $338 million two years ago and has been merged with Big W.

Last year, Woolworths categorically rejected reports it was placing Big W on the selling block.

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