Woolworth Co.

Japanese: ウールワース[会社](英語表記)F.W.Woolworth Co.
Woolworth Co.
One of the world's leading retailers, with general merchandise and shoe retail chains. Headquartered in New York. Woolworth was founded in 1879 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania by Frank Winfield Woolworth (1852-1919) as a 5- and 10-cent store. In 1912, the company consolidated its stores, which had grown to several hundred, to form the Woolworth Corporation, and in 1913 built its headquarters building in New York (then the tallest building in the world). By the time of Woolworth's death in 1919, the company already had a total of over 1,000 stores in the United States and Canada, and annual sales had exceeded $100 million.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
世界有数の小売業者で,総合および靴小売チェーンをもつ。本社ニューヨーク。ウールワースFrank Winfield Woolworth(1852‐1919)によって1879年,5セントおよび10セント・ストアとして,ペンシルベニア州ランカスターで創業された。1912年数百に増加した店舗を統合してウールワース社を設立,13年ニューヨークに本社ビル(当時,世界で最も高い建物)を建てた。すでに19年のウールワースの没年段階で,アメリカおよびカナダに合計1000以上の店舗を有し,年間売上げも1億ドルを突破する企業になっていた。

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