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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:company
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gptkbp:brand
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gptkb:Woolworth's
gptkb:Foot_Locker
gptkb:Eastbay
gptkb:Kids_Foot_Locker
gptkb:Kinney_Shoes
gptkb:Woolco
gptkb:Lady_Foot_Locker
gptkb:Champ_Sports
gptkb:Northern_Reflections
gptkb:Rite_Aid_(former)
gptkb:Woolworth_Express
Afterthoughts
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gptkbp:category
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Companies based in New York City
Defunct companies of the United States
Companies disestablished in 1997
Retail companies established in 1879
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1997
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gptkbp:foundedBy
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gptkb:Frank_Winfield_Woolworth
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gptkbp:foundedIn
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gptkb:Utica,_New_York,_United_States
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gptkbp:foundedYear
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1879
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gptkbp:headquartersLocation
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gptkb:New_York_City,_United_States
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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F.W. Woolworth Company
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gptkbp:industry
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retail
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gptkbp:mergedInto
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gptkb:Brown_&_Williamson_Tobacco_Corporation
gptkb:Kinney_Shoe_Corporation
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gptkbp:notableBuilding
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gptkb:Woolworth_Building
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Woolworth Building constructed in 1913
sit-in at Greensboro, North Carolina lunch counter in 1960
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gptkbp:notableFor
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pioneering the five-and-dime store concept
one of the first American five-and-dime stores
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:John_W._Green
gptkb:Charles_Sumner_Woolworth
gptkb:Fred_Moore_Woolworth
gptkb:William_Lawrence_Stephenson
gptkb:Sumner_Redstone
gptkb:Frank_Winfield_Woolworth
gptkb:William_Moore
gptkb:Harold_E._Youngman
gptkb:James_L._Ferguson
gptkb:Robert_C._Kirkwood
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gptkbp:numberOfEmployees
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over 100,000 (at peak)
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gptkbp:operatedInCountries
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gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Foot_Locker
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gptkbp:tradedOn
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gptkb:NYSE:_Z
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Parkington_Shopping_Center
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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