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Frank Winfield Woolworth

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Noun1.Frank Winfield Woolworth - United States businessman who opened a shop in 1879 selling low-priced goods and built it into a national chain of stores (1852-1919)


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1852: Frank Winfield Woolworth, merchant and founder of the chain store, was born in New York.
But it was once a unique and ground-breaking company, whose American founder Frank Winfield Woolworth was one of the first retailers to embrace mass-production to keep prices down.
But let's have no more crocodile tears for Frank Winfield Woolworth and Woolies, please.
 
 
 
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