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"Five & Dime" stores (esp. those with things worth buying...)
Now they are called Dollar Stores."Five & Dime" stores (esp. those with things worth buying...)
Now they are called Dollar Stores.
Several years ago I walked into a local "99¢ Store", and they had a big sign hanging from the ceiling which stated:Now they are called Dollar Stores.
^^^^^
And don't be too darned specific about what your business does, either. Best to allow for changing markets. Apple Computer is now just Apple, for instance.
A guy goes to an "Open 24-hours" store and finds the clerk closing up.
"What's the deal, it says open 24 hours!"
"Oh, that's just the name of the store..."
There is a small convenience store - papers, soda, snacks, etc. - that opened a few months ago around the corner from me that is called "Dawn to Dusk -" which sounds like it would be open early in the morning to early in the evening. On the same sign it says right below its name, "Open 24 hours." Hmm....
Is that "irony"?
Or the Columbia Broadcasting System, which is now just CBS Corporation. With an emphasis on the BS.
One more interesting fact about Woolworths -- it always had a reputation for cheap schlocky merchandise, but in fact, at least from the 1937-43 era that I can verify, Consumers Union often rated their products as "Best Buys" for their categories of goods, especially for things like household consumables, and after the big Woolworth sit-down strikes of 1937 that forced the company to recognize the Department Store Employees Union, they were also given a good rating for their labor practices.
Wonder how today's "dollar stores" would rate?