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The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth's or simply Woolworth) was a retail company and one of the pioneers of the five-and-dime store.It was among the most successful American and international five-and-dime businesses, setting trends and creating the modern retail model that stores follow worldwide today.
Now a local-artist art gallery/old-fashioned soda fountain called Woolworth Walk [2] F. W. Woolworth Building (Greensboro, North Carolina) Greensboro, North Carolina: 1929 Site of Greensboro sit-ins: F. W. Woolworth Building (Columbus, Ohio) Columbus, Ohio
Divisions and namesakes of the American F. W. Woolworth Company, and divisions of Woolworths Group (Australia).. Similar namesake companies in South Africa and Australia were legally named after the Woolworth company as permitted by the trademark laws of the period, but never had any financial connection to the original F. W. Woolworth Company.
Frank Winfield Woolworth (April 13, 1852 – April 8, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, the founder of F. W. Woolworth Company, and the operator of variety stores known as "Five-and-Dimes" (5- and 10-cent stores or dime stores) which featured a selection of low-priced merchandise.
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Woolworths Group (Australia), the largest retail company in Australia and New Zealand; named after the American F.W. Woolworth company, but unrelated Woolworths Supermarkets, a chain of supermarkets in Australia owned by Woolworths Group Australia
Woolworth Mexicana is a chain of retail Department stores which were founded by the F. W. Woolworth Company of the United States. It became independent in a management buyout by the Mexican executives in 1997. The company is now part of Grupo Comercial Control, a holding company with operations in retailing.
The Woolworth Building is a historic building in Watertown, New York. It is a contributing building in the Public Square Historic District . [ 1 ] Plans for the Woolworth Building were begun in 1916 by Frank W. Woolworth , the founder of the Woolworth's chain of department stores.