Woolworth's
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Woolworth's, Woolworths or Woolworth may refer to one of several companies or other things:
American F.W. Woolworth Company and businesses descended from or related to it
- F. W. Woolworth CompanyF. W. Woolworth CompanyThe F. W. Woolworth Company was a retail company that was one of the original American five-and-dime stores. The first successful Woolworth store was opened on July 18, 1879 by Frank Winfield Woolworth in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as "Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store"...
, the original US-based chain of "five and dime" (5¢ and 10¢) stores.- F. W. Woolworth IrelandF. W. Woolworth IrelandF. W. Woolworth Ireland was a retail chain, that operated in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.-History:The first F. W. Woolworth store in Ireland opened in 1914 on Grafton Street in Dublin...
, retail chain, that operated in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland from 1914 till 1984. - Foot LockerFoot LockerFoot Locker, Inc. is an American sportswear and footwear retailer, with its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and operating in approximately 20 countries worldwide. Formerly known as Venator Group, Inc., it is the successor corporation to the F.W. Woolworth Company , and many of...
, successor to the original F.W. Woolworth Company. - Woolworths GroupWoolworths GroupWoolworths Group plc was a listed British company that owned the high-street retail chain, Woolworths, as well as other brands such as the entertainment distributor Entertainment UK and book and resource distributor Bertram Books...
, former operator of the Woolworths chain of shops in the UK (originally part of the F.W. Woolworth company, but separate since 1982); ceased trading and liquidated in early 2009- Woolworths.co.ukWoolworths.co.ukWoolworths.co.uk is an online retail company owned by Shop Direct Group, formed in 2009, after the demise of the high street Woolworths stores. The online store opened on 25 June 2009.- Stores in Britain :...
, an online retail company owned by Shop Direct Group, which bought the brand during the liquidation of Woolworths Group in 2009.
- Woolworths.co.uk
- Woolworth GmbHWoolworth GmbHDeutsche Woolworth GmbH & Co. OHG is a Frankfurt, Germany based owner of the Woolworths chain of high street shops in Germany and Austria and a former subsidiary of the American F. W. Woolworth Company....
, the owner of the Woolworths chain of high street shops in Germany and Austria (originally part of the F.W. Woolworth company, but separate since 1998). - Woolworths (Cyprus)Woolworths (Cyprus)F. W. Woolworth & Co Ltd was, until the end of 2003, the leading chain of upmarket department stores on the island of Cyprus with branches in all the major cities. The Cyprus company had its roots in the American parent F. W...
, originally part of F.W. Woolworth, sold off in 1985 and subsequently split (no longer retailing under Woolworths name). - Woolworth Mexicana, originally part of F.W. Woolworth, operates a chain of small variety stores in Mexico , sold in December 1997 to Control Dinamico S.A. by Foot Locker Inc.
- F. W. Woolworth Ireland
Australian Woolworths Limited and its related businesses
- Woolworths LimitedWoolworths LimitedWoolworths Limited is a major Australian company with extensive retail interest throughout Australia and New Zealand. It is the:* largest retail company in Australia and New Zealand by market capitalisation and sales...
is the largest retail company in Australia and New Zealand. Although named after the F.W. Woolworth brand, it has no relation- Woolworths (supermarket), a chain of supermarkets in Australia owned by Woolworths Limited
- Woolworths Supermarkets (New Zealand)Woolworths Supermarkets (New Zealand)Woolworths is a New Zealand supermarket chain and a unit of Woolworths Limited.- 1929 - 1979 Woolworths :Founded in 1929 by Percy Christmas, the chain was separated from the parent company Woolworths Limited in Australia and was called Woolworths New Zealand...
, a New Zealand chain of supermarkets operating under a fascia, originally spun off from the Australian Woolworths Limited, and now again under ownership of Woolworths Limited, it has no other connection with its U.S. namesake
Other businesses named Woolworths
- Woolworths (South Africa)Woolworths (South Africa)Woolworths Holdings Limited is a South African chain of retail stores and one of the largest in the country, modeled on Marks & Spencer of the United Kingdom . This relationship with Britain's Marks and Spencer was formed after the Second World War, which led to the retailer buying all of the...
, one of the larger South African retail chain stores
People
- Frank Winfield Woolworth founder of the company that bore his name
- Barbara HuttonBarbara HuttonBarbara Woolworth Hutton was an American socialite dubbed by the media as the "Poor Little Rich Girl" because of her troubled life...
'Poor Little Rich Girl' F. W. Woolworth's grand-daughter and heiress
Events
- Greensboro sit-insGreensboro sit-insThe Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests which led to the Woolworth's department store chain reversing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States....
, a civil rights event started on 1 February 1960 at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina