Charles Sumner Woolworth antislavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the United States Senate during the American Civil War, and worked to control the ex-Confederates so as to guarantee equal rights to the Freedmen. Charles Sumner Woolworth Charles Sumner Woolworth (August 1, 1856 – January 7, 1947), was an American entrepreneur who went by the nickname of "Sum", opened and managed the world's first five-and-dime store in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and was founder of the "C. S. Woolworth & Co" chain of 5¢ & 10¢ stores. Sum's brother, Frank Winfield Woolworth was first to venture into the retail business
The Range (retailer) The Range (retailer) The Range is a multi-channel variety retailer selling products in the home, garden, and leisure categories, with 160 stores in the United Kingdom & Ireland. In 1980, Chris Dawson started business as an open-air market trader in Plymouth, South West England. His first physical retail store opened in 1989 at Sugar Mill Business Park on Billacombe Road, Plymouth under the name "C.D.S. Superstores". This trading style continues to be displayed on external signage exclusively at this debut store only, as a nod to the heritage of the business. The business was subsequently re-branded "The Range" in the