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The first Woolworths store, in the stately dining room of The Royal Hotel, Cape Town. Braai-related display inside a Woolworths store in The Constantia Village shopping center, in Constantia, Cape Town, South Africa. The choice of name came from Sonnenberg's friendship with a London shipper and financier, Percy (P.R.) Lewis.
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Ice Cream Mold and Disher Alfred L. Cralle, who was African American , was born in Kenbridge , Lunenburg County , Virginia , in 1866, just after the end of the American Civil War . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He attended local schools and worked with his father in the carpentry trade as a young man, becoming interested in mechanics.
IN 1920, Sonnenberg moved to Cape Town, where he became chairman of the Cape Chamber of Commerce & Industry and founded a number of important companies. In 1931, he founded Woolworths (Edms.) Beperk, one of South Africa's first and most successful store chains, and remained its chairman and manager until his death. [1]
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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.
Adderley Street was the original main street of the city centre shopping district with large department stores such as Stuttafords (SW corner of Hout Street, going through to St Georges Mall, now Edgars et al.), Garlicks (at Exchange Place across from Cape Town railway station), [2] Fletcher & Cartwrights, and Thomas, Watson & Co.