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Woolworth

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Wool·worth  (wlwûrth), Frank Winfield 1852-1919.
American merchant. Starting in 1879, he built a national chain of five-and-tens.
Woolworth [ˈwʊlwəθ]
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(Biographies / Woolworth, Frank Winfield (1852-1919) M, US, BUSINESS: merchant) Frank Winfield (ˈwɪnˌfiːld). 1852-1919, US merchant; founder of an international chain of department stores selling inexpensive goods
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Noun1.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)
Frank Winfield Woolworth
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The Woolworth department store chain took a further step toward collapse Tuesday when a Frankfurt court said it had been placed under administration in Germany three months after its last British store shut down.
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The Woolworth name was taken up by stores around the world and, in recent months, the South African branch has been the subject of boycotts over its claimed treatment of workers and attitude to unions.
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