Woolco - Woollco

Japanese: ウールコ - うーるこ
Woolco - Woollco

…Then, like SS Kresge, which created the discount store K-Mart, it followed a path of growing as a variety store. It then opened Woolco in 1961, a year before K-Mart. However, because it did not focus as thoroughly on discount stores as Kresge did, it did not do well, and in 1982-83 it closed all of its Woolco stores (336) in the United States. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Woolco" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その後,ディスカウント・ストアのKマートを生んだS.S.クレスゲと同じくバラエティ・ストアとして成長する路線を歩んだ。そしてKマート開店より1年早い61年に同じディスカウント・ストアのウールコWoolcoを開店した。だが,クレスゲほどディスカウント・ストアに徹底して力を入れなかったためうまくいかず,82‐83年にはアメリカ国内にあるウールコ全店舗(336)を閉鎖した。…

※「ウールコ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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