Very is a British online retailer with headquarters in Speke, Liverpool. The brand was launched in the UK in July 2009 as part of the Shop Direct Group Very had formerly been known as LittThe multi-category online retailer, Very.co.uk, has posted record-breaking Christmas and Black Friday results, having increased retail sales by .lewoods Direct, and formerly Woolworths.co.uk.Manchester based Great Universal Stores merged with Littlewoods to form one retail giant – Shop Direct. 2009: Very.co.uk launched. 2014: In-house UX lab