Woolworths (United Kingdom)
Woolworths was a British high-street retail chain. At its height, it operated as Woolworths Group PLC, which included other companies such as the entertainment distributor Entertainment UK, and book and resource distributor Bertram Books.
Woolworths in Camberwell, London, February 2004
Woolworths head office on Marylebone Road, London
Interior of a Woolworths store in Reading in 1945
Woolworths store in Johnstone, April 1989
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