Frank Woolworth opened his first five-and-dime store in Utica, New York, in 1879. By the time he inaugurated his monumental headquarters in New York City in 1913 — at the time, the tallest ...

The term “five and dime” describes 1950s-era stores that sold cheap, low-quality household items at discounted prices. “Five and Dime” stores were popular for a time, but their reputation ...

It started when Joe and his nephew Mahfouz took over a business called Schwarzenberg Mancuso Five and Dime Store. When it came to taking down the sign of that original business, they decided to ...

To detractors, Walmart epitomizes corporate overreach—a destroyer of Main Streets, a perpetuator of income inequality, and a catalyst for globalization’s excesses. Its sheer scale raises antitrust ...

I got my first real job when I was 16. It was part-time, after-school work at Woolworth’s in downtown Cheyenne — a typical “five and dime” store that had lots of customers looking for ...