A new sign greeted me on my morning shopping. Frank Winfield Woolworth's picture was proudly hung outside the redecorated Woolworth's store. Well, sometimes my brain just doesn't connect one dot to another in the simple manner. Could this be the same company that has provided me numerous items and food over the course of my life time? (I can remember the yummy mashed potatoes and gravy and roast beef lunches we used to eat at its luncheon counter chairs. You know, the ones that spinned and spinned if someone would push you a bit, or until your mother told you to stop!) If you can't read the German on the Photo above, (moi aussie), then I took the German wording and placed it into an on line translator. |
German Wording Frank Winfield Woolworth, geboren in Rodman im Staate New York, USA, gilt als Pionier in der Entwicklung des Einzelhandels. Sein Konzept des Einheitspreissystems (alle Artikel kosteten fünf oder zehn Cent) machten Woolworth, ausgehend von den USA, zum größten Kaufhaus-Filialunternehmen weltweit. Die "öffentliche Warenpräsentation", also das Auslegen von Ware auf Tischen, damit Kunden diese direkt anfassen und prüfen konnten, revolutionierte den Handel. Von der Eröffnung des ersten Woolworth-Kaufhauses im Jahre 1879 bis zum Jahr 1916 gelang es Frank Winfield Woolworth, dass aufgrund seines dichten Kaufhaus-Filialnetzes jede Stadt in den USA mit über 8000 Einwohnern ein Woolworth-Kaufhaus besitzt. Bereits im Januar 1918 eröffnete das 1000. Woolworth-Kaufhaus in der Fifth Avenue in New York. | English Translation from Bing Translator Frank Winfield Woolworth, born in Rodman in the State of New York, United States, is a pioneer in the development of the retail. (All items cost five or ten cents) Woolworth, originating from the United States, made his concept of the system of unit prices to the largest department store companies worldwide. The "public presentation", so the spreading of goods on tables, so that customers could touch them and check, revolutionized trading. From the opening of the first Woolworth department store in 1879 to the year 1916 succeeded Frank Winfield Woolworth, that every city in the United States due to its dense department store branch network has a Woolworth department store with over 8000 inhabitants. Already in January 1918, the 1000th Woolworth department store at fifth opened Avenue in New York. |
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