When Woolworth's declared bankruptcy back in 1997, it marked the symbolic end of an era when beloved "five and dime" stores could be found in every big city and small town in America. No matter what ...

Grocery supermarkets stole a leaf from the dime stores when they began stocking their shelves with such traditional dime-store items as buttons, cosmetics and toothpaste. Last week, the nation’s ...

A former St. Paul Woolworth’s store built in the 1950s is on its way to becoming the latest conversion of retail space to modern offices in the city’s downtown. The $15 million to $17 million ...

The net 1925 profits of the four great dime store chains were collated last week. F. W. Woolworth Co., S. S. Kresge Co., McCrory Stores Corp. and S. H. Kress & Co. all together had available for ...

You may be familiar with Nanci Griffith’s song “Love at The Five and Dime.” When she introduces the tune, Griffith says Woolworths are the same everywhere, they smell like “popcorn and chewing gum ...