NORTHVILLE — Just a few years ago the Northville Five and Dime Store was losing money competing against super stores, pharmacies and modern dollar stores that sprang from the business model originated ...

The popular discount stores of the early 20th century didn't pop up overnight. Many startups and small chains either had merged or consolidated with bigger companies. A distinctly American retail ...

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 ...

Denton residents gathered at 9 a.m. Aug. 3, 1961, on the Square at 111 N. Elm St., the present-day site of Cartwright’s Ranch House. They were there to celebrate the opening of a new Ben Franklin ...

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 bargains in the ...

The walk down Chatham's Main Street is going to look different this summer. After 23 years of business, the owners of the Ben Franklin Store, Barbara Henderson and her son, Patrick Doherty, are ...

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 bargains in the ...