وولورث

F. W. Woolworth Company
IndustryRetail
FateName changed in 1997 to Venator Group, and in 2001 to Foot Locker, Inc.[1]
Founded1879
Defunct1997
HeadquartersNew York, NY, USA
ProductsClothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, consumer electronics and housewares
SubsidiariesWoolco (defunct 1982 in the U.S., Canadian stores sold to Wal-Mart in 1994)
Woolworths Group plc (separate 1982)
Woolworth GmbH (separate 1998)
Kinney Shoe Company (acquired 1963), now Foot Locker (successor)

وولورث The F. W. Woolworth Company تأسس أول متجر ولوورث في ويلكس بار، بنسلفانيا ، بقرض قيمته 300 دولار ، في عام 1879 من قبل فرانك وينفيلد ولوورث.رغم تنامي لdيكون احد من أكبر سلاسل البيع بالتجزئة في العالم خلال القرن 20، وزيادة المنافسة أدت إلى تراجعه في بداية 1980s.

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تاريخ

Door handle of a mid-20th century Woolworth store.


الصعود والتوسع

The Woolworth Building, New York, New York, c. 1913

توظيف الأموال

Woolworth logo used during the 1960s and 1970s
A Woolworths store in the UK

الرؤساء

  • Frank Winfield Woolworth
  • C.C. Griswald (?-1916)[2]
  • Hubert Templeton Parson (1919–1932)[2]
  • Byron D. Miller (1932–1935) [3]
  • Charles Deyo (1935–1946)
  • Alfred Cornwell (1946–1954)
  • James T. Leftwich (1954–1958)
  • Robert C. Kirkwood (1958–1965)
  • Lester A. Burcham (1965–1970)
  • John S. Roberts (1970–1975)
  • Edward F. Gibbons (1975–1978)
  • W. Robert Harris (1978 - ?)
  • Frederick E. Hennig (1987–1995)[4]
  • Roger N. Farah (1994 - ?)

أنظر أيضاً

المصادر

  1. ^ "Foot Locker, Inc". Foot Locker, Inc. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
  2. ^ أ ب "To succeed C.C. Griswald. The Woolworth Company Announces the Selection of H.T. Parsons". New York Times. January 29, 1916. Retrieved 2008-06-27. Announcement was made yesterday by the F.W. Woolworth Company that Hubert T. Parsons, present Secretary and Treasurer of the company, was to be appointed ... {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ This and subsequent presidents through 1978 from http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Foot-Locker-Inc-Company-History.html
  4. ^ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FREDERICK+E.+HENNIG+RETIRES+FROM+WOOLWORTH+CORPORATION-a016648541 accessed 2010-12-31

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