page_title: F. W. Woolworth Company
section_title: Non-American retail users of the Woolworth name
hierarchical_section_title: F. W. Woolworth Company / Non-American retail users of the Woolworth name
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the original description provided by BAnQ has been retained. Additional descriptive text may be added by Wikimedians with the wiki description = parameter, but please do not modify the other fields. English: We see the Christmas display of the window of a branch of a store "FW Woolworth Co Ltd". It exposes dolls and toys. Français&#160;: Nous voyons l'étalage de Noël de la vitrine d'une succursale d'un magasin «Woolworth F W Co Ltd». Il expose des poupées et des jouets.
context_page_description: The F. W. Woolworth Company was a retail company and one of the original 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 first Woolworth store was opened by Frank Winfield Woolworth on February 22, 1879, as Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store" in Utica, New York. Though it initially appeared to be successful, the store soon failed. When Woolworth searched for a new location, a friend suggested Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Using the sign from the Utica store, Woolworth opened his first successful "Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store" on July 18, 1879, in Lancaster. He brought his brother, Charles Sumner Woolworth, into the business.
  The two Woolworth brothers pioneered and developed merchandising, direct purchasing, sales, and customer service practices commonly used today. Despite its growing to be one of the largest retail chains in the world through most of the 20th century, increased competition led to its decline beginning in the 1980s, while its sporting goods division grew.
caption: A Christmas toy display at a Woolworth store in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1941
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