Woolworth Deutschland
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Deutsche Woolworth GmbH & Company OHG is a chain of department stores in Germany and was a former subsidiary of the American F. W. Woolworth Company. As of 2022 the chain has more than 570 stores in Germany, 18 in Poland and 2 in Austria, they are aiming to have over 1,000 in the medium term and over 5,000 across Europe in the long term.
Woolworth store in Wuppertal
The new headquarters in Unna
F. W. Woolworth Company
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The F. W. Woolworth Company 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.
The Woolworth Building, New York City, c. 1913
Tea cup ballet, a 1935 photograph by Olive Cotton with some inexpensive cups and saucers from Woolworths
Second successful "Woolworth Bros" store, Scranton, Penn. Later bought by brother Charles, becoming the first "C. S. Woolworth" store, and eventually merged into the F. W. Woolworth Company.
FW Woolworth store in Providence, RI, c. 1930–1945