"In 1933, CWS formed a retail division tasked with taking over failing retail consumer co-operatives, and setting up shop in new areas. This division was demerged to form Co-operative Retail Services during 1957. The demerger was prompted by complications with CWS's democratic governance: it was becoming a larger retailer in its own right but it was a secondary co-operative, owned by other co-operatives, meaning the retail division's customers had little representation on the board."@en . . . . "In 1933, CWS formed a retail division tasked with taking over failing retail consumer co-operatives, and setting up shop in new areas. This division was demerged to form Co-operative Retail Services during 1957. The demerger was prompted by complications with CWS's democratic governance: it was becoming a larger retailer in its own right but it was a secondary co-operative, owned by other co-operatives, meaning the retail division's customers had little representation on the board. During the mid 1990s, CRS began an ambitious investment programme. The society saw the CWS-led Co-op brand to be old and out-dated and began a huge refurbishment programme of its ageing and neglected stores under the new 'Co-operative' identity. Slow to adopt the commonplace EPoS systems for its tills, and still pricing products individually rather than using barcode scanners, it also invested in information technology. In 2000, these changes and improvements were overtaken by events, as CRS was merged back into CWS to form the Co-operative Group. Over the following few years, the rebranding efforts were temporarily reversed as stores and own brand goods were converted into CWS-designed formats \u2013 which included the re-introduction of the 1993 version of the 1967 CWS four leaf clover Co-op logo."@en . . . . . "Co-operative Retail Services"@en . . .