NEED HELP ASAP Which was the first department store?

Walmart

Woolworths

Sears Roebuck

Great American Tea and Company

from what i have looked up

for walmart it say "The history of Walmart, an American discount department store chain, began in 1950 when businessman Sam Walton purchased a store from Luther E. Harrison in Bentonville, Arkansas, and opened Walton's 5 & 10."

For Woolworths it says "The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth's or Woolworth) was a retail company and one of the original pioneers of the five-and-dime store. ... The first Woolworth store was opened by Frank Winfield Woolworth on February 22, 1879, as Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store" in Utica, New York. "

For sears Roebuck it says"Wood to take charge. Rosenwald oversaw the design and construction of the firm's first department store, built on land within the Sears, Roebuck, and Company Complex. The store opened in 1925. "

I would look at the year, the year wont work then im sorry but i would go for Woolworths

the answers are 1 and 4

your answer will most likely be a.