Twenty five years ago it was the end of an era as F.W. Woolworth’s, the original five-and-dime store launched more than a century before, called it quits. The once mighty retail pioneer announced on ...

On Feb. 22, 1879, Frank W. Woolworth opened his first store, "Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store," in Utica, N.Y. The store saw limited success and closed within months, but that didn't deter the owner ...