Woolco
Woolco was an American-based discount retail chain. It was founded in 1962 in the city of Columbus, Ohio by the F.W. Woolworth Company. It was a full-line discount department store unlike the five-and-dime Woolworth stores which operated at the time. At its peak, Woolco had hundreds of stores in the US, as well as in Canada and the United Kingdom. While the American stores were closed in early 1983, the chain remained active in Canada until it was sold in 1994 to rival Walmart which was looking to enter the Canadian market. All of the former UK Woolco stores were sold by Kingfisher, who had bought the UK Woolworth business, to Gateway who subsequently sold them to Asda.
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Woolco
Woolco was an American-based discount retail chain. It was founded in 1962 in the city of Columbus, Ohio by the F.W. Woolworth Company. It was a full-line discount department store unlike the five-and-dime Woolworth stores which operated at the time. At its peak, Woolco had hundreds of stores in the US, as well as in Canada and the United Kingdom. While the American stores were closed in early 1983, the chain remained active in Canada until it was sold in 1994 to rival Walmart which was looking to enter the Canadian market. All of the former UK Woolco stores were sold by Kingfisher, who had bought the UK Woolworth business, to Gateway who subsequently sold them to Asda.
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Woolco est une chaine de grand ...... prises Portail des entreprises
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Woolco was an American-based d ...... ubsequently sold them to Asda.
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Canadian chain later acquired byWalmart Canada
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Rebranded asWoolworthinUnited StatesandUK
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Clothing, footwear, bedding, f ...... electronics, toys, housewares
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Woolco est une chaine de grand ...... prises Portail des entreprises
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Woolco was an American-based d ...... ubsequently sold them to Asda.
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