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Woolworth's, Woolworths or Woolworth may refer to one of several companies:

The original American F.W. Woolworth Company and related businesses:

• F. W. Woolworth Company was the original USA based chain of five and dime stores.
  • Foot Locker, the current name of the company after its change in focus to athletic clothing.
  • Woolworths Group PLC is the owner of the Woolworths chain of high street shops in the UK (originally part of the F.W. Woolworth company, but separate since 1982).
  • Woolworth GmbH is the owner of the Woolworths chain of high street shops in Germany & Austria (originally part of the F.W. Woolworth company, but separate since 1998).
  • Woolworths (Cyprus), originally part of F.W. Woolworth, sold off in 1985 and subsequently split (no longer retailing under Woolworths name)

The Australian Woolworths Limited and its related businesses:

• Woolworths Limited is the largest retail company in Australia. Although named after the F.W. Woolworth Company (above), it has no other connection with its U.S. namesake.
  • Woolworths (supermarkets) also refers to the chain of supermarkets in Australia owned by Woolworths Limited.
  • Woolworths Supermarkets (New Zealand) is a New Zealand supermarket chain fascia, originally spun off from the Australian Woolworths Limited, and now under their ownership again.

Other businesses named Woolworths:

• Woolworths (South Africa), one of the larger South African retail chain stores affiliated to Marks and Spencer in the United Kingdom.

See also:

• Woolworth, Mississippi is a ghosttown in rural Lincoln County.
• Woolworth Building former headquarters of F.W. Woolworth and world's tallest building 1913 to 1929
• Franklin Winfield Woolworth founder of the company that bore his name
• Greensboro sit-ins, civil rights event begun February 1, 1960 at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina

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