My father was a Woolworth company man. He started in the stock room and moved through the ranks. When he was drafted in the 50's they held a job for him. He went right into managing a store when he returned. We used to go to the Christmas Party at the Woolworth building each year and play in his office while we waited for Santa to arrive. Eventually, he helped shut Woolco down in the Northeast. It was not fun as they made him responsible for security. He was there when Woolworth finally shut down. I remember how proud he was to work at Woolworth when I was a kid in the late 60's. He was a buyer by that time and would explain how they imported goods and the rigorous quality control over the process. By the late 80's early 90's he would just shake his head when he read articles about Walmart and say, it's like they read our manuals and our management forgot how to execute it.
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