CEO Pete Woodsworth on closing 12 stores

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http://dp.la/api/items/f89cec45400e6fef8777bab838227b81

Title

CEO Pete Woodsworth on closing 12 stores

Creator

Benson, Lorna

Date

1/2/01

Description

Winona Knits announced today it's closing eleven of its twelve retail stores across the country. The company began in the 1970s as an outgrowth of Winona Knitting Mills and sells high-end sweaters, mittens and other apparel. Stores in six states will close but the company will keep its namesake store in Winona. CEO Pete Woodsworth says the closings allow Winona Knits to focus on its internet and catalog divisions:

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Legacy Digitization
MPR News Feature
Business

Source

Minnesota Digital Library

Language

English

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https://www.lib.umn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/responsive-ready__1000_x_1000_/public/media/mpr-dpla-logo.png

References

https://archive.mpr.org/stories/2001/01/02/ceo-pete-woodsworth-closing-12-stores

Date

1/2/01

Source

Minnesota Digital Library

Subject

Legacy Digitization
MPR News Feature
Business

Citation

Benson, Lorna, “CEO Pete Woodsworth on closing 12 stores,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed June 10, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/7885.

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