Frank Winfield Woolworth

✶April 13, 1852

†August 8, 1919

0 candles burning, 3 lit in all

About their life

Frank Winfield Woolworth was an American entrepreneur, the founder of F. W. Woolworth Company, and the operator of variety stores known as "Five-and-Dimes" which featured a selection of low-priced merchandise. He pioneered the now-common practices of buying merchandise directly from manufacturers and fixing the selling prices on items, rather than haggling. He was also the first to use self-service display cases, so that customers could examine what they wanted to buy without the help of a sales clerk.

American businessman (1852-1919)

☆ Follow

Biography from the article Frank Winfield Woolworth on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.