▁ 1 0 th ▁grade . ▁ ▁See ▁also : ▁Tal ent ▁Ident ification ▁Program . ▁ ▁Category : G ift ed ▁education ▁Category : N orth western ▁University <0x0A> </s> ▁W ool co ▁was ▁an ▁American - based ▁disc ount ▁ret ail ▁chain . ▁It ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Columb us , ▁Ohio , ▁by ▁the ▁F . ▁W . ▁W ool worth ▁Company . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁full - line ▁disc ount ▁department ▁store ▁unlike ▁the ▁five - and - d ime ▁W ool worth ▁stores ▁which ▁operated ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁At ▁its ▁peak , ▁W ool co ▁had ▁hundreds ▁of ▁stores ▁in ▁the ▁US , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁in ▁Canada ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom . ▁While ▁the ▁American ▁stores ▁were ▁closed ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁the ▁chain ▁remained ▁active ▁in ▁Canada ▁until ▁it ▁was ▁sold ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁to ▁rival ▁Wal mart , ▁which ▁was ▁looking ▁to ▁enter ▁the ▁Canadian ▁market . ▁All ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁UK ▁W ool co ▁stores ▁were ▁sold ▁by ▁King fish er , ▁who ▁had ▁bought ▁the ▁UK ▁W ool worth ▁business , ▁to ▁Gate way ▁who ▁subsequently ▁sold ▁them ▁to ▁As da . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Cre ation ▁The ▁creation ▁of ▁W ool co ▁coinc ided ▁with ▁the ▁expansion ▁of ▁sub urb ia . ▁W ool worth ' s ▁flags hip ▁stores ▁were ▁still ▁doing ▁well , ▁but ▁the ▁company ▁wanted ▁to ▁tap ▁into ▁the ▁growing ▁disc ount ▁department