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F. W. Woolworth Company (USA)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/F._W._Woolworth_Company_(USA)
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:company
gptkbp:ceased_operations
1997
gptkbp:defunct
yes
gptkbp:famousFor
lunch counters
civil rights sit-ins (notably Greensboro, 1960)
gptkbp:famousLandmark
gptkb:Woolworth_Building
gptkbp:format
gptkb:shopping_mall
lunch counter
five-and-dime
gptkbp:foundedBy
gptkb:Frank_Winfield_Woolworth
gptkbp:foundedIn
gptkb:Utica,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:foundedYear
1879
gptkbp:headquartersLocation
gptkb:New_York_City,_USA
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
F. W. Woolworth Company (USA)
gptkbp:industry
gptkb:shopping_mall
retail
gptkbp:legacy
Foot Locker Inc.
Woolworths Group (UK, Australia, South Africa, unrelated companies)
gptkbp:logo
red and gold script
gptkbp:mergedInto
gptkb:Foot_Locker
gptkb:Kinney_Shoe_Corporation
gptkbp:notableEmployee
gptkb:Robert_Wood_Johnson_II
gptkb:Sumner_Redstone
gptkb:Charles_Woolworth
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Greensboro_sit-ins
gptkbp:notableFor
pioneering the five-and-dime store concept
large chain of discount stores
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees
over 100,000 (at peak)
gptkbp:operatedInCountries
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:originalStoreType
five-and-dime
gptkbp:stockExchange
gptkb:New_York_Stock_Exchange
gptkbp:stockSymbol
Z
gptkbp:storeCountAtPeak
over 5,000
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Foot_Locker
gptkbp:website
no longer active
gptkbp:Woolworth_BuildingArchitect
gptkb:Cass_Gilbert
gptkbp:Woolworth_BuildingCompleted
1913
gptkbp:Woolworth_BuildingHeight
792 feet
gptkbp:Woolworth_BuildingLocation
gptkb:New_York_City,_USA
gptkbp:Woolworth_BuildingNotableFor
was the tallest building in the world (1913–1930)
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Woolworths_Holdings
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7