F. W. Woolworth was born on April 13, 1852.
There was a S.S. Kresge's on the corner of Michigan and Washington. Kresge's and Woolworth's merged. Close as I can remember.
80 or 90 years ago
Sometime in 1991.
This question was written in 2007 & aside from a few international independently owned stores, Woolworth's went out of business in 1997.
F. W. Woolworth Company, usually just referred to as Woolworth's, was founded in New York City in 1897. The company went out of business in 1997. There are still retail chains in other countries using the Woolworth name. These countries are Austria, Mexico, South Africa, and Germany.
PCH:RETAIL The department store business. He was known for his chain of stores, F.W. Woolworth Company, also known as "5 and 10s", which sold discount merchandise in the early days for 5 and 10 cents.
Woolworth's type of business was retail sales. For a time this retail store chain dominated the retail stores market.
Liverpool in 1909. It was a subsidiary of the original American FW Woolworth Co which started in 1878. The British division was sold in the early 1980's, and just went out of business.
Woolworth positions are in the Woolworth's building and are all for Joseph A. Bank store. The actual store called Woolworths went out of business in July 1987.
Frank Winfield Woolworth
Woolworth Building was created in 1913.