Monday, February 22, 2016

February 22nd is Woolworth's Day

1st Woolworth 5 Cents Store Opened Feb. 22nd, 1879 : Frank Winfield Woolworth opens the Great 5 Cents Store in Utica, New York. Pledging to sell "nothing" that cost more than a nickel expanding over the next 50 years to 1000 stores, but due to changes in the retail market the last Woolworths shop in the United States was closed down on July 17th, 1997, 

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