Woolworth (disambiguation)
(Redirected from Woolworths)
Woolworth (The F. W. Woolworth Company) was the original US-based chain of "five and dime" (5¢ and 10¢) stores, later a department store chain and conglomerate.
Woolworth, Woolworth's, Woolworths, Woolies, or Woollies may also refer to:
Retailers
[edit]Australia and New Zealand
[edit]- Woolworths Group, conglomerate
- Woolworths (Australia), supermarket chain
- Woolworths (New Zealand), supermarket chain
Barbados
[edit]- Woolworth (Barbados), variety retail chain, originally owned by Woolworth in the United Kingdom
Cyprus (defunct)
[edit]- Woolworth (Cyprus), variety retail chain, originally owned by Woolworth in the United Kingdom, stopped trading as a retailer in 2003, now a real estate developer
Europe
[edit]- Woolworth (Europe), variety retail chain, originally owned by Woolworth in the United States, operates throughout Germany, Poland, Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Jamaica
[edit]- Woolworth (Jamaica), variety retail chain, originally owned by Woolworth in the United Kingdom
Mexico
[edit]- Woolworth (Mexico), variety retail chain, originally owned by Woolworth in the United States
South Africa
[edit]- Woolworths (South Africa), supermarket and variety retail chain
United Kingdom and Ireland (defunct)
[edit]- Woolworths (United Kingdom), variety retail chain, originally owned by Woolworth in the United States, went defunct in 2009
- Woolworth (Ireland), variety retail chain, originally owned by Woolworth in the United States, went defunct in 1984
People
[edit]- Alan Woolworth (1924–2014), American archaeologist
- Charles Sumner Woolworth (1856–1947), American retail entrepreneur, company partner and younger brother of Frank
- Frank Winfield Woolworth (1852–1919), American retail entrepreneur, founder of the company that bore his name
- Michael Woolworth (born 1960), American artist/printer
Buildings
[edit]- Woolworth Estate, Glen Cove, New York, U.S., the historic estate of Frank Winfield Woolworth
Other uses
[edit]- Escort carrier, also called a "Woolworth Carrier" by the Royal Navy
- FP-45 Liberator, nicknamed the "Woolworth gun" due to its low quality
- Woolworth, Mississippi, a ghost town in Lincoln County, Mississippi, U.S.
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