Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woolco department stores were launched in 1962 and closed in 1983. The first two Woolcos in Austin arrived in 1970.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1962, hundreds waited for the ribbon to be cut, then ran into the new Woolco store, founded by the F. W. Woolworth Co., opened ...

A split image shows two retail stores: on the left, a beige building with a sign reading “Gordmans”; on the right, a brick and glass storefront with a large sign for “BOB’S STORES” against a blue sky.

In 1962, hundreds waited for the ribbon to be cut, then ran into the new Woolco store, founded by the F. W. Woolworth Co., opened in Shreve City. Woolco was billed as a full-line discount department ...