The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth's) was a retail company that was one of the original American five-and-dime stores. The first Woolworth's store was founded, with a loan of $300, in 1878 by Frank Winfield Woolworth. Despite growing to be one of the largest retail chains in the world through most of the 20th century, increased competition led to its decline beginning in the 1980s. In 1997, F. W. Woolworth Company converted itself into a sporting goods retailer, closing its remaining retail stores operating under the "Woolworth's" brand name and renaming itself Venator Group. By 2001, the company focused exclusively on the sporting goods market, changing its name to the present Foot Locker Inc (NYSE: FL). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Foot Locker, Inc. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Drawing of a self-service store. ... Clothing protects the vulnerable nude human body from the extremes of weather, other features of our environment, and for safety reasons. ... High-heeled shoe Footwear consists of garments worn on the feet. ... Bedding refers to the materials laid above the mattress of a bed for warmth. ... For the UK band, see Furniture (band). ... Jewelry (the American spelling; spelled jewellery in Commonwealth English) consists of ornamental devices worn by persons, typically made with gems and precious metals. ... Make-up redirects here. ... Consumer electronics is a term used to describe the category of electronic equipment intended for everyday use by people, the consumers. ... Woolco was a discount retail department store chain that operated in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... // About Woolworths Group plc is a general merchandise business in the United Kingdom. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Deutsche Woolworth Co GmbH OHG is a Frankfurt, Germany based owner of the Woolworths chain of high street shops in Germany and Austria. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The phrase mergers and acquisitions (M&A) refers to the aspect of business strategy and management dealing with the merging and/or acquiring of different companies. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... Foot Locker, Inc. ... Retail redirects here. ... Five and dime was a common nickname in the United States for five-and-ten-cent stores (also called 5 and 10s), popular in the early to mid-20th century. ... For other uses, see Loan (disambiguation). ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Franklin Winfield Woolworth (April 13, 1852 – April 8, 1919) was an American merchant. ... Chain stores are a range of retail outlets which share a brand and central management, usually with standardised business methods and practices. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... This article is about brands in marketing. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Foot Locker, Inc. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ...

Retail chains using the Woolworth name survive in the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Mexico, and South Africa. The similarly named Woolworth's supermarkets in Australia and New Zealand are operated by Woolworths Limited, a separate company with no historical links to the F. W. Woolworth Company or Foot Locker, Inc. Packaged food aisles in a Fred Meyer store in Portland, Oregon A supermarket is a departmentalized self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise. ... Woolworths Limited is a major Australian company with extensive retail interest throughout Australia and New Zealand. ...

History

Door handle of a mid-20th century Woolworth's store.

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Origin

The F.W. Woolworth Co. was among the first five-and-dime stores, which sold discounted general merchandise at fixed prices, usually five or ten cents, undercutting the prices of other local merchants. Woolworth's, as the stores popularly became known, was one of the first American retailers to put merchandise out for the shopping public to handle and select without the assistance of a sales clerk. Earlier retailers had kept all merchandise behind a counter, and customers presented the clerk with a list of items they wished to buy. After working in a dry goods store in Watertown, New York, Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first Woolworth’s store in Utica, New York, in 1878, but the store failed within a year. However, a second store he opened on June 21, 1879 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, became a success. Frank Woolworth brought his brother Charles Sumner Woolworth into the business, and together they opened more stores, often in partnership with other business associates. The Woolworth brothers also entered into partnerships with “friendly rivals” to maximize inventory purchasing power for both parties. Five and dime was a common nickname in the United States for five-and-ten-cent stores (also called 5 and 10s), popular in the early to mid-20th century. ... Discounts and allowances are modifications to the basic price. ... There are several usages of the word product, see: Product (mathematics) Product (business) Product (project management) Product (biology) Product (chemistry) Product (hip-hop artist), independent hip-hop artist from Meriden, Connecticut Slang for narcotics This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Fixed price is a phrase used in Indian English to mean that no bargaining is allowed over the price of a good or, less commonly, a service. ... Sales are the activities involved in providing products or services in return for money or other compensation. ... ... Watertown is a town in Jefferson County, New York. ... This article is about the state. ... Utica, New York is a city in the state of New York, and the county seat of Oneida County. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... , Official name: City of Lancaster Nickname: The Red Rose City Country  United States State  Pennsylvania County Location Penn Square  - coordinates , Highest point  - elevation 368 ft (112 m) Area 7. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... A partnership is a type of business entity in which partners share with each other the profits or losses of the business undertaking in which all have invested. ... Inventory is a list of goods and materials, or those goods and materials themselves, held available in stock by a business. ... Purchasing Power- the amount of value of a good/services compared to the amount paid. ...

Rise and expansion

In 1910, Frank Woolworth commissioned the construction of the Woolworth Building in New York City. This building was entirely paid for in cash. It was completed in 1913 and was the tallest building in the world until 1930. It also served as the company’s headquarters until it was sold by the F.W. Woolworth Company’s successor, the Venator Group, in 1998. Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Woolworth Building, at sixty stories, is one of the oldest — and one of the most famous — skyscrapers in New York City. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... For many millennia the record holder for worlds tallest structure was clearly defined (see table below. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

By 1911, there were six chains of affiliated stores operating in the United States and Canada. That year, Frank and Charles incorporated the F. W. Woolworth Company and through a merger brought all 596 stores together under one corporate entity. One of the "friendly rival" predecessor chains included several stores initially opened as Woolworth & Knox stores starting as early as September 20, 1884 as well as S. H. Knox & Co. 5 & 10 Cent Stores opened after an 1889 buyout by his cousin, Seymour H. Knox I. Knox's chain grew to 98 U.S. and 13 Canada stores by the time of the corporate consolidation in 1911. Fred Kirby added 96 stores, Earle Charlton added 35, Charles Sumner Woolworth added 15, and William Moore added 2.^[2] Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The phrase mergers and acquisitions (abbreviated M&A) refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling and combining of different companies that can aid, finance, or help a growing company in a given industry grow rapidly without having to create another business... is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Seymour H. Knox I [1] This article is about the Buffalo merchant and businessman; see Seymour Knox for other people with this name. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

A Woolworth store

The stores eventually incorporated lunch counters after the success of the counters in the first store in the UK in Liverpool and served as general gathering places, a precursor to the modern shopping mall food court. A Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina became the setting for a significant event during the civil rights movement (see below). Image File history File linksMetadata Woolworth_store. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Woolworth_store. ... Food court at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia. ...

The Woolworth's concept was widely copied, and five-and-ten-cent stores (also known as five-and-dime stores) were a fixture in American downtowns through the 1960s, and became anchors for suburban strip malls by the mid 1970s. Criticisms that five-and-dime stores drove local merchants out of business would repeat themselves in the early 21st century, when big box discount stores became popular. However, many five-and-dime stores were locally owned or franchised, as are many dollar stores today. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969. ... In retail, an anchor store, or draw tenant, is one of the larger stores in a shopping mall, usually a department store in a major retail chain, such as Macys or JCPenney. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... Example of a small strip mall. A strip mall (also called a plaza) is a shopping center where the stores are arranged in a row, with a sidewalk in front. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... A big box is a box that is big. ... Franchising (from the French for honesty or freedom[1]) is a method of doing business wherein a franchisor authorizes proven methods of doing business to a franchisee in exchange for a recurring payment, fees and a percentage of sales or profits. ... A 99 cent store A dollar store is a store that sells inexpensive items for one dollar or less each. ...

In the 1960s, the five-and-dime concept evolved into the larger discount store format. In 1962, Woolworths founded a discount chain called Woolco. This was the same year as its competitors opened similar retail chains that sold merchandise at a discount: the S.S. Kresge Company opened Kmart; Dayton Company opened Target; and Sam Walton opened his first Wal-Mart store. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969. ... A discount store is a retail store offering a wide range of products, many branded, at discounted prices. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Woolco was a discount retail department store chain that operated in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. ... The Kmart Corporation (NASDAQ: KMRT), based in Troy, Michigan, near Detroit, functions as a global retailer, based primarily in the United States of America. ... For the Australasian department store chain, see Kmart Australia. ... This article is about the United States retail company. ... Samuel Moore Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 6, 1992), born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma was the founder of two American retailers Wal-Mart and Sams Club. ... Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ...

By Woolworth’s 100th anniversary in 1979, it had become the largest department store chain in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Guinness World Records 2008 edition. ...

Expansion

Woolworth's expansion led to specialty store acquisitions. In 1963, Woolworth purchased the Kinney Shoe Corporation and operated it as a subsidiary. That led to specialty shoe store expansion, including Stylco in 1967, Susie Casuals in 1968, and Foot Locker in 1974. Specialty stores are small stores which specialise in a specific range of merchandise and related items. ... The phrase mergers and acquisitions (abbreviated M&A) refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling and combining of different companies that can aid, finance, or help a growing company in a given industry grow rapidly without having to create another business... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... Kinney is a now defunct chain of full-service shoe stores. ... A subsidiary, in business, is an entity that is controlled by another entity. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Foot Locker, Inc. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...

Woolworth also diversified its portfolio of specialty stores in the 1980s, including Afterthoughts, Northern Reflections, and Champs Sports. By 1989, the company was pursuing an aggressive strategy of multiple specialty store formats targeted at enclosed shopping malls. The idea was that if a particular retail concept failed at a given mall, the company quickly could replace it with a different one. The company's purported goal was to operate 10 various specialty stores in each major American shopping mall, but this never came to pass as Woolworth never was able to develop that number of successful specialty retail formats. This activity, however, did lead to the development of the successful Foot Locker and Northern Reflections apparel shops, as well as Best Of Times, a timepiece retailer. Diversification is a form of growth marketing strategy for a company. ... For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see pedestrian street or promenade. ... Concept testing is the process of using quantitative methods and qualitative methods to evaluate consumer response to a product idea prior to the introduction of a product to the market. ... A clock (from the Latin cloca, bell) is an instrument for measuring time. ...

Decline

In 1989, Woolworth purchased Champs Sports, leading to the development of the Woolworth Athletic Group. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

The growth and expansion of the company contributed to its downfall. The Woolworth company moved away from its five-and-dime roots and placed less emphasis on its department store chain as it focused on its specialty stores. But the company was unable to compete with other chains that had eroded its market share. While it was a success in Canada, the Woolco chain closed in the United States in 1983. On October 15, 1993, Woolworths embarked on a restructuring plan that included closing half of its 800-plus general merchandise stores in the United States and converting its Canadian stores to a closeout division named The Bargain! Shop. Woolco and Woolworth survived in Canada until 1994, when the majority of its stores there were sold to Wal-Mart. Stores that were not purchased by Wal-Mart were converted to The Bargain! Shop stores. A 99 cent store A variety store or price-point retailer is a retail store that sells inexpensive items, usually with a single price point for all items in the store. ... The interior of a typical Macys department store. ... Market share, in strategic management and marketing, is the percentage or proportion of the total available market or market segment that is being serviced by a company. ... Woolco was a discount retail department store chain that operated in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Restructuring is the corporate management term for the act of partially dismantling or otherwise reorganizing a company for the purpose of making it more efficient and therefore more profitable. ... In commerce, a product is a good economics and accounting good or service which can be bought and sold. ... Closeout as in closeout sale is the final sale in the case of the final closure of a retailer because of a relocation, a fire (fire sale) or, especially, because of a bankruptcy. ... The Bargain! Shop is a discount variety store chain operating in all Anglophone provinces in Canada. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ...

Transition

Still with the decline of the signature stores, Woolworth marched on with a new focus toward athletic goods on January 30, 1997, acquiring the mail-order catalog athletic retailer Eastbay. is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... The cover of the first Eatons catalog, published in 1884. ... Eastbay is a leading world supplier of athletic footwear, apparel and sports equipment. ...

On July 17, 1997, Woolworths closed its remaining department stores in the U.S. and changed its corporate name to Venator. In that same year, Wal-Mart replaced Woolworths on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Analysts at the time cited the lower prices of the large discount stores and the expansion of supermarket grocery stores -- which had begun to stock merchandise also sold by five-and-dime stores -- as contributors to Woolworth's decline in the late 20th century. is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Linear graph of the DJIA from 1901 until today Logarithmic graph of the DJIA from 1901 until today The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DJI, also called the DJIA, Dow 30, or informally the Dow Jones or The Dow) is one of several stock market indices created by nineteenth-century... A discount store is a retail store offering a wide range of products, many branded, at discounted prices. ... Packaged food aisles in a Fred Meyer store in Portland, Oregon A supermarket is a departmentalized self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise. ... For a large scale grocery store, see supermarket. ...

In 1999, Venator moved out of the Woolworth building in New York City to offices on 34th Street. On October 20, 2001, the company changed names again; this time, it took the name of its top retail performer and became Foot Locker, Inc. Foot Locker stores chiefly sell athletic clothing and footwear. This article is about the year. ... The Woolworth Building, at sixty stories, is one of the oldest — and one of the most famous — skyscrapers in New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... 34th Street Magazine is the weekly arts and entertainment magazine published by The Daily Pennsylvanian, the independent daily student newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania. ... is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with F.W. Woolworth Company. ... ‹ The template below is being considered for deletion. ...

Greensboro sit-in

Main article: Greensboro Sit-Ins

On February 1, 1960, four African-American students sat down at a segregated lunch counter in a Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth's store. They were refused service, touching off six months of sit-ins and economic boycotts that became a landmark event in the U.S. civil-rights movement. In 1993, an eight-foot section of the lunch counter was moved to the Smithsonian Institution. Lunch Counter from Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworths now at Smithsonian Institution The Greensboro sit-ins were an instrumental action in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, leading to increased national sentiment at a crucial period in American history. ... is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Languages Predominantly American English Religions Protestantism (chiefly Baptist and Methodist); Roman Catholicism; Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ... Racial segregation characterised by separation of different races in daily life, such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a rest room, attending school, going to the movies, or in the rental or purchase of a home. ... Lunch Counter from Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworths now at Smithsonian Institution A lunch counter is a small restaurant, much like a diner, where the patron sits on a stool on one side of the bar and the server serves from the other side of the bar, where the kitchen... Greensboro redirects here. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (900 km)  - % water 9. ... A sit-in or sit-down is a form of direct action that involves one or more persons nonviolently occupying an area for protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change. ... Look up Boycott in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The civil rights movement in the United States has been a long, primarily nonviolent struggle to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all citizens of United States. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... The Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle on the National Mall serves as the Institutions headquarters. ...

Non-American retail users of the Woolworth name

See also: Woolworth (disambiguation)

A Woolworths store in the UK

• Woolworths Group plc originally was the British unit of F.W. Woolworths, but has operated independently as a separate company since 1982.
• Woolworths Limited is the largest retail corporation in Australia, operating a variety of supermarket and other retail chains in Australia and Woolworths Supermarkets (New Zealand), and is in no way connected to F.W. Woolworth or the now-defunct U.S. or current U.K. Woolworths banners.
• Woolworths is an upmarket retail chain in South Africa selling goods of a comparable nature to Marks & Spencer stores in the United Kingdom.
• Woolworth GmbH was the German unit of F.W. Woolworths, but has operated independently since 1998 as a result of the original company's change of focus.
• Woolworth Mexicana operates a chain of small variety stores in Mexico as a subsidiary of Groupo Comercial Control, S.A. de C.V. [2]

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In popular culture

• A sit-in protest took place at a Mississippi Woolworth's in 1963.
• The Jimmy McHugh-Dorothy Fields song I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (popularised by Judy Garland) features the lyric 'Diamond bracelets Woolworth doesn't sell, baby'.
• "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer," a song from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats, contains the line, " ... or after supper one of the girls suddenly missed her Woolworth pearls ... "
• In the Indigo Girls' song Least Complicated, there is repeated reference to a ring. Emily Saliers said in the spoken intro to the song on the CD 1200 Curfews that she bought the ring at Woolworth's.
• In 1986, Nanci Griffith included a tribute song to her former home-town (Austin, Texas) Woolworth's store, "Love at the Five and Dime" on the album Last of the True Believers.[3]
• The X Ray Spex wrote a song called Warrior in Woolworths on the album Germ Free Adolescents, this song was about the lead singer, Poly Styrene, working in the typing pool for the firm.
• The 1975 album Nighthawks at the Diner by Tom Waits references jewelry from Woolworth's in the song Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson). It may also reference the origins of the chain as a five and dime store.

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• In the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, George Clooney's character, Everett McGill, is thrown out of "the Woolsworth's" after a fist fight with his wife's suitor.
• Woolworth's is referenced in the As Friends Rust song "Where The Wild Things Were" with the lyric "It was 1989, Entered the world of crime. Banned from Woolworth's for all time."

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See also

• Foot Locker, Inc.
• Woolworth Building
• Woolco
• Variety store

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External links

• Woolworths Virtual Museum

References