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For the former dollar store chain, see <a href="/wiki/99_Cents_Only_Stores" title="99 Cents Only Stores">99 Cents Only Stores</a>. For the type of store in Cuba, see <a href="/wiki/Dollar_store_(Cuba)" title="Dollar store (Cuba)">Dollar store (Cuba)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:99CentsOnlystore-Dallas,_TX.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/99CentsOnlystore-Dallas%2C_TX.jpg/220px-99CentsOnlystore-Dallas%2C_TX.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/99CentsOnlystore-Dallas%2C_TX.jpg/330px-99CentsOnlystore-Dallas%2C_TX.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/99CentsOnlystore-Dallas%2C_TX.jpg/440px-99CentsOnlystore-Dallas%2C_TX.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3296" data-file-height="2196" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/99_Cents_Only_Stores" title="99 Cents Only Stores">99 Cents Only Stores</a> in Dallas, Texas</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Woolworth_-_Kresge_Scranton_PA_vintage_78_Better_Copy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Woolworth_-_Kresge_Scranton_PA_vintage_78_Better_Copy.jpg/220px-Woolworth_-_Kresge_Scranton_PA_vintage_78_Better_Copy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Woolworth_-_Kresge_Scranton_PA_vintage_78_Better_Copy.jpg/330px-Woolworth_-_Kresge_Scranton_PA_vintage_78_Better_Copy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Woolworth_-_Kresge_Scranton_PA_vintage_78_Better_Copy.jpg/440px-Woolworth_-_Kresge_Scranton_PA_vintage_78_Better_Copy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="643" /></a><figcaption>F. W. Woolworth and S. S. Kresge stores on Lackawanna Avenue, in downtown <a href="/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania" title="Scranton, Pennsylvania">Scranton</a>, Pennsylvania. The two stores were often found near each other in downtown areas.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seattle_Higo_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Seattle_Higo_01.jpg/220px-Seattle_Higo_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Seattle_Higo_01.jpg/330px-Seattle_Higo_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Seattle_Higo_01.jpg/440px-Seattle_Higo_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>An art gallery in Seattle's <a href="/wiki/International_District,_Seattle,_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="International District, Seattle, Washington">International District</a> preserves the <a href="/wiki/Fa%C3%A7ade" title="Façade">façade</a> and some features of Higo Variety Store, an independent Japanese-American five and ten.</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>variety store</b> (also <b>five and dime</b> (historic), <b>pound shop</b>, or <b>dollar store</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Retail_store" class="mw-redirect" title="Retail store">retail store</a> that sells general merchandise, such as <a href="/wiki/Apparel" class="mw-redirect" title="Apparel">apparel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auto_parts" class="mw-redirect" title="Auto parts">auto parts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dry_goods" title="Dry goods">dry goods</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toys" class="mw-redirect" title="Toys">toys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Household_hardware" class="mw-redirect" title="Household hardware">hardware</a>, <a href="/wiki/Furniture" title="Furniture">furniture</a>, and a selection of <a href="/wiki/Groceries" class="mw-redirect" title="Groceries">groceries</a>. It usually sells them at discounted prices, sometimes at one or several fixed price points, such as one dollar, or historically, five and ten cents. Variety stores, as a category, are different from general merchandise superstores, <a href="/wiki/Hypermarket" title="Hypermarket">hypermarkets</a> (such as those operated by <a href="/wiki/Target_Corporation" title="Target Corporation">Target</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walmart" title="Walmart">Walmart</a>), <a href="/wiki/Warehouse_club" title="Warehouse club">warehouse clubs</a> (such as <a href="/wiki/Costco" title="Costco">Costco</a>), <a href="/wiki/Grocery_store" title="Grocery store">grocery stores</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Department_store" title="Department store">department stores</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dollar stores that sell food have been alleged to create <a href="/wiki/Food_desert" title="Food desert">food deserts</a>: areas with limited access to affordable and healthy food. This is alleged to occur when dollar stores outcompete local businesses, and soon become some of the only grocery store–like businesses available in some areas. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economics">Economics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Economics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pricing_and_margins">Pricing and margins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pricing and margins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some items are offered at a considerable discount over other retailers, whereas others are at the same price point. There are two ways variety stores make a profit: </p> <ul><li>Buying and selling vast amounts of goods at heavily discounted prices provides a small <a href="/wiki/Profit_margin" title="Profit margin">profit margin</a> multiplied by the sales volume.</li> <li>Pricing many items at prices that are higher than regular retailers. These goods are commonly bought by consumers who perceive them to be bargains based on the heavy discounts on other items in the store. In the case of fixed price-point retailers, this can be achieved by reducing the package size.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-yahoo_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yahoo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Variety stores with single price points buy products to fit those price points (while making a profit) that are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Generic_brand" title="Generic brand">generic brands</a> or <a href="/wiki/Private_label" title="Private label">private labels</a>, often specially manufactured using cheaper materials and processes than usual.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-yahoo_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yahoo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>available through the <a href="/wiki/Grey_market" title="Grey market">grey market</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>bought at a <a href="/wiki/Closeout_(sale)" title="Closeout (sale)">closeout sale</a>, such as seasonal or promotional goods or bankruptcy stock.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>sold in smaller unit sizes than elsewhere.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-yahoo_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yahoo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Not all variety stores are "single price-point" stores, even if their names imply it. For example, in the United States, <a href="/wiki/Dollar_General" title="Dollar General">Dollar General</a> and <a href="/wiki/Family_Dollar" title="Family Dollar">Family Dollar</a> sell items at more or less than a dollar. Some stores also sell goods priced at multiples of the named price and, conversely, multiple items for the price. The discrepancy with the nominal price is also compounded if <a href="/wiki/Sales_tax" title="Sales tax">sales tax</a> is added at the <a href="/wiki/Point_of_sale" title="Point of sale">point of sale</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Supply">Supply</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Supply"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In many countries, stock can be imported from others with lower variable costs, because of differences in wages, resource costs or taxation.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Usually, goods are imported by a general importer and then sold to the stores <a href="/wiki/Wholesale" class="mw-redirect" title="Wholesale">wholesale</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disputed_statement" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Disputed statement"><span title="This claim has reliable sources with contradicting facts (September 2013)">disputed</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:Variety_store" title="Talk:Variety store">discuss</a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Another source of stock is overruns, surplus items and out-of-date food products. Real Deals, a regional dollar store in the <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse</a>, New York area, is stocked almost entirely with surplus goods such as these.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legality of selling out-of-date goods varies between jurisdictions: in general, most items (with a few exceptions, particularly certain perishable food items depending on the state) can be sold in the United States regardless of their sell-by date,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but in the United Kingdom it is illegal to sell goods after their "Use by" date.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demography">Demography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although some people<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (September 2013)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup> may link variety stores with low-income areas, this is not always true. For example, <a href="/wiki/Atherton,_California" title="Atherton, California">Atherton</a>, California has a variety store within its city limits, even though it has a median household income of nearly $185,000 a year.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Studies of food discounters in Great Britain show quite a varied demographic,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/99p_Stores" title="99p Stores">99p Stores</a> reported an increase in higher-income customers after the <a href="/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932008" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial crisis of 2007–2008">financial crisis of 2007–2008</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-0809_growth_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-0809_growth-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Allegations_of_creating_food_deserts">Allegations of creating food deserts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Allegations of creating food deserts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dollar stores have been alleged by a number of studies, individuals, and organizations to proliferate <a href="/wiki/Food_desert" title="Food desert">food deserts</a>: areas with limited access to healthy and affordable food.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dollar stores are alleged to outcompete local grocery stores, and end up being one of the few options available for purchasing food in some communities.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dollar Tree has disputed this claim; it claimed that in a number of cases it created food options in food deserts.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, Dollar Tree reportedly stopped selling eggs when the price of eggs increased.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In line with these allegations, a number of U.S. states have passed restrictions on where new dollar stores can be opened.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="By_region">By region</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: By region"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_America">North America</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: North America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Several terms redirect here. For the "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" short film see <i><a href="/wiki/Five_and_Dime" title="Five and Dime">Five and Dime</a></i>, For the 1931 film, see <a href="/wiki/Five_and_Ten_(1931_film)" title="Five and Ten (1931 film)">Five and Ten</a>. For the book, see <i><a href="/wiki/Nickel_and_Dimed" title="Nickel and Dimed">Nickel and Dimed</a></i></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="FiveAndTen"></span> According to <a href="/w/index.php?title=IBISWorld&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="IBISWorld (page does not exist)">IBISWorld</a>, dollar stores have grown 43 percent since 1998 and have become a $56 billion industry. <a href="/wiki/Colliers_International" title="Colliers International">Colliers International</a> claims there are more dollar stores than drug stores. With stores of other types closing in large numbers, dollar stores often replace other types of stores in shopping centers. They succeed partly because of <a href="/wiki/Impulse_purchase" title="Impulse purchase">impulse purchases</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The common term in North America for a small general merchandise store is <i><a href="/wiki/General_store" title="General store">general store</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Five_and_dime_stores">Five and dime stores</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Five and dime stores"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Walton%27s_Five_and_Dime_store,_Bentonville,_Arkansas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Walton%27s_Five_and_Dime_store%2C_Bentonville%2C_Arkansas.jpg/220px-Walton%27s_Five_and_Dime_store%2C_Bentonville%2C_Arkansas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Walton%27s_Five_and_Dime_store%2C_Bentonville%2C_Arkansas.jpg/330px-Walton%27s_Five_and_Dime_store%2C_Bentonville%2C_Arkansas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Walton%27s_Five_and_Dime_store%2C_Bentonville%2C_Arkansas.jpg/440px-Walton%27s_Five_and_Dime_store%2C_Bentonville%2C_Arkansas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Walton's Five and Dime Store in <a href="/wiki/Bentonville,_Arkansas" title="Bentonville, Arkansas">Bentonville, Arkansas</a>, the first store of what would eventually become <a href="/wiki/Walmart" title="Walmart">Walmart</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Frank_Winfield_Woolworth" title="Frank Winfield Woolworth">Frank Winfield Woolworth</a> had seen the success in <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_New_York" title="Western New York">western New York</a> of so-called <i>nickel stores</i>, where everything cost five cents (the U.S. five cent coin is called a "<a href="/wiki/Nickel_(United_States_coin)" title="Nickel (United States coin)">nickel</a>"). On February 22, 1879, Woolworth opened his <i>Great Five Cent Store</i> in <a href="/wiki/Utica,_New_York" title="Utica, New York">Utica</a>, New York, and it was his later success and expansion of that format as the <a href="/wiki/F._W._Woolworth_Company" title="F. W. Woolworth Company">F. W. Woolworth Company</a> that would create the American institution of the "five and dime". </p><p>There were many names for this type of store: </p> <ul><li>five and ten cent store, five and ten, five and dime (a <a href="/wiki/Dime_(United_States_coin)" title="Dime (United States coin)">dime</a> is the name of a US ten-cent coin).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>dime store</li> <li>5, 10 & 25c stores<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>five cent to one dollar stores<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Before Woolworth, the prevailing thought was an entire store could not maintain itself with all low-priced goods, but with Woolworth's success, many others followed their lead.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Well-known dime store companies included:<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Franklin_(company)" title="Ben Franklin (company)">Ben Franklin Stores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butler_Brothers" title="Butler Brothers">Butler Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ALCO_Stores" title="ALCO Stores">Duckwall-ALCO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._C._Murphy" title="G. C. Murphy">G. C. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._L._Green_Company" title="H. L. Green Company">H. L. Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCrory_Stores" title="McCrory Stores">J. G. McCrory's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J.J._Newberry" class="mw-redirect" title="J.J. Newberry">J. J. Newberry's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John%27s_Bargain_Store" title="John's Bargain Store">John's Bargain Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLellan_Stores" class="mw-redirect" title="McLellan Stores">McLellan Stores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_and_Lindsey" class="mw-redirect" title="Morgan and Lindsey">Morgan and Lindsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neisner%27s" title="Neisner's">Neisner's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._H._Kress_%26_Co." title="S. H. Kress & Co.">S. H. Kress & Co.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kmart_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kmart (United States)">S. S. Kresge Co.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sprouse-Reitz" title="Sprouse-Reitz">Sprouse-Reitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TG%26Y" title="TG&Y">TG&Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walmart" title="Walmart">Walton's Five and Dime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._T._Grant" title="W. T. Grant">W. T. Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._W._Woolworth_Company" title="F. W. Woolworth Company">Woolworth's</a></li></ul> </div> <p>Of these, only Ben Franklin continues to exist in this form, while Kresge and Walton's became mega-retailers <a href="/wiki/Kmart_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kmart (United States)">Kmart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walmart" title="Walmart">Walmart</a>, respectively. </p><p>Beginning around the 1960s, others tried the larger "<a href="/wiki/Discount_store" title="Discount store">discount store</a>" format, such as TG&Y Family Centers, <a href="/wiki/W._T._Grant" title="W. T. Grant">W. T. Grant</a>, and Woolworth's <a href="/wiki/Woolco" title="Woolco">Woolco</a> stores.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>With suburbanization in the 1950s and 1960s, Americans shopped more and more in malls rather than downtown shopping districts and although Newberry's and Woolworth's stores did open in the malls, starting around the 1970s, variety stores lost business to other retail formats such as office stores, low-price shoe chains, fabric stores, toy stores and discount drug stores like <a href="/wiki/Thrifty_Drug_Stores" class="mw-redirect" title="Thrifty Drug Stores">Thrifty Drug Stores</a>. Grocery stores and drug stores sold more and more candy.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last US Woolworth's closed in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Newberry's was sold to McCrory (who maintained the brand) in 1972, McCrory itself went bankrupt in 1992 and all their brands disappeared in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Dollar_stores">Dollar stores</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Dollar stores"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dollar_Tree_interior_in_Gillette,_Wyoming.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Dollar_Tree_interior_in_Gillette%2C_Wyoming.jpg/220px-Dollar_Tree_interior_in_Gillette%2C_Wyoming.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Dollar_Tree_interior_in_Gillette%2C_Wyoming.jpg/330px-Dollar_Tree_interior_in_Gillette%2C_Wyoming.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Dollar_Tree_interior_in_Gillette%2C_Wyoming.jpg/440px-Dollar_Tree_interior_in_Gillette%2C_Wyoming.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Interior of a <a href="/wiki/Dollar_Tree" title="Dollar Tree">Dollar Tree</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gillette,_Wyoming" title="Gillette, Wyoming">Gillette, Wyoming</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Starting in the late 1990s, dollar stores expanded enough to gain the attention of the national press. They were popular not only their value but because freestanding smaller stores were located in small towns, downtowns, and across the cities and suburbs, they were often more convenient than mall stores.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They continued to grow and by 2019, for example, <a href="/wiki/Dollar_Tree" title="Dollar Tree">Dollar Tree</a> had higher annual sales than <a href="/wiki/Macy%27s" title="Macy's">Macy's</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fortune_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fortune-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dollar and variety store revenue reached $77 billion in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2018, main dollar store chains in the U.S. were <a href="/wiki/Dollar_General" title="Dollar General">Dollar General</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dollar_Tree" title="Dollar Tree">Dollar Tree</a> (which owns <a href="/wiki/Family_Dollar" title="Family Dollar">Family Dollar</a>), the <a href="/wiki/99_Cents_Only_Stores" title="99 Cents Only Stores">99 Cents Only Stores</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Five_Below" title="Five Below">Five Below</a>. Increasing revenue has led to growth for dollar store chains: by 2018, Dollar Tree had 14,000 locations in the U.S., and its expansion continued; in 2019, Dollar General had 15,000 locations in the US, and its expansion continued; and Five Below had 745 stores.<sup id="cite_ref-busin_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-busin-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Variety_store_chains_in_North_America">Variety store chains in North America</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Variety store chains in North America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>: <a href="/wiki/A_Buck_or_Two" title="A Buck or Two">A Buck or Two</a> (163+), <a href="/wiki/Dollarama" title="Dollarama">Dollarama</a> (1,095),<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dollar_Tree_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Dollar Tree Canada">Dollar Tree Canada</a> (226),<sup id="cite_ref-dollartree_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dollartree-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Great_Canadian_Dollar_Store" title="Great Canadian Dollar Store">Great Canadian Dollar Store</a> (100+), <a href="/wiki/Your_Dollar_Store_With_More" class="mw-redirect" title="Your Dollar Store With More">Your Dollar Store With More</a> (180+)</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>: Prichos, Waldo's Dollar Mart, <a href="/wiki/Miniso" class="mw-redirect" title="Miniso">Miniso</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=PesoRama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="PesoRama (page does not exist)">PesoRama</a> (JOi Dollar Plus stores)</li> <li>In the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>: <a href="/wiki/Daiso" title="Daiso">Daiso</a> (68),<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dollar_Tree" title="Dollar Tree">Dollar Tree</a> (6,134),<sup id="cite_ref-dollartree_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dollartree-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Family_Dollar" title="Family Dollar">Family Dollar</a> (7,974),<sup id="cite_ref-dollartree_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dollartree-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Five_Below" title="Five Below">Five Below</a> (522)<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Names_for_variety_stores_in_North_America">Names for variety stores in North America</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Names for variety stores in North America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pushcart_vendors_in_front_of_a_five_and_ten_store._San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico_(LOC).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Pushcart_vendors_in_front_of_a_five_and_ten_store._San_Juan%2C_Puerto_Rico_%28LOC%29.jpg/220px-Pushcart_vendors_in_front_of_a_five_and_ten_store._San_Juan%2C_Puerto_Rico_%28LOC%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Pushcart_vendors_in_front_of_a_five_and_ten_store._San_Juan%2C_Puerto_Rico_%28LOC%29.jpg/330px-Pushcart_vendors_in_front_of_a_five_and_ten_store._San_Juan%2C_Puerto_Rico_%28LOC%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Pushcart_vendors_in_front_of_a_five_and_ten_store._San_Juan%2C_Puerto_Rico_%28LOC%29.jpg/440px-Pushcart_vendors_in_front_of_a_five_and_ten_store._San_Juan%2C_Puerto_Rico_%28LOC%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="952" /></a><figcaption><b>5 y 10</b> in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1937</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>Dollar store</b>, $1.25 store, 99-cent store, etc. in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> plus other names. Dollar store is used predominantly, even when the maximum price is higher than one dollar. Some chains emphasize that the price is an even amount: $2, $5, etc., instead of having odd, "uneven" prices.</li> <li>Dólar y Algo Extra, La Reina, Almacenes Caravana in <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><b>dime store</b></li> <li><b>Five and Dime</b></li> <li><b>Five and Ten</b></li> <li><b>Nickel and Dime</b></li> <li><b>Nickel and Ten</b></li> <li><b>5 y 10</b> in <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>, and in <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> (5 and 10 pesos, or 5 and ten U.S. cents in border cities) - incidentally, <a href="/wiki/Cinco_y_Diez" title="Cinco y Diez">Cinco y Diez</a>, meaning "Five and Ten" in Spanish, became an inner-suburban shopping district in Tijuana</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oceania_/_Australia"><span id="Oceania_.2F_Australia"></span>Oceania / Australia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Oceania / Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> the main variety stores now consist of <a href="/wiki/The_Reject_Shop" title="The Reject Shop">The Reject Shop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daiso" title="Daiso">Daiso</a>, Shiploads (in <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a>), and a variety of smaller chains and independent shops. Former chains include <a href="/wiki/Crazy_Clark%27s" title="Crazy Clark's">Crazy Clark's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Homeart" title="Homeart">Homeart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam%27s_Warehouse" title="Sam's Warehouse">Sam's Warehouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clint%27s_Crazy_Bargains" title="Clint's Crazy Bargains">Clint's Crazy Bargains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Go-Lo" title="Go-Lo">Go-Lo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chickenfeed_(retail_chain)" title="Chickenfeed (retail chain)">Chickenfeed</a>.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>: The $2 Shop, 1 2 3 Dollar Shop, and Coin Save</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Names_for_variety_stores_in_Oceania">Names for variety stores in Oceania</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Names for variety stores in Oceania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The $2 shop in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li>Cheap Shop in Australia only</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asia">Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:100-Emon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/100-Emon.jpg/220px-100-Emon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/100-Emon.jpg/330px-100-Emon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/100-Emon.jpg/440px-100-Emon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>100-yen at Kōnoike, <a href="/wiki/Higashi%C5%8Dsaka" title="Higashiōsaka">Higashiōsaka</a></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2018</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In Japan, <a href="/wiki/100-yen_shop" title="100-yen shop">100-yen shops</a> (百円ショップ hyaku-en shoppu or 百均 hyakkin) have proliferated since around 2001. This is considered an after-effect of a decade-long recession of the Japanese economy.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the emphasis on value, however, some items, such as chocolate bars, may be priced higher than they are at other stores. </p><p>For a few years, 100-yen shops existed not as permanent stores, but as vendors under temporary, foldable tents. They were (and still are) typically found near the entrance areas of supermarkets. </p><p>A major player in 100-yen shops is the <a href="/wiki/Daiso" title="Daiso">Daiso</a> chain. The first store opened in 1991, and there are now around 2,400 stores in Japan. This number is increasing by around 40 stores per month. Daiso has also expanded into North America, Australia, Asia, and the Middle East.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In China, <a href="/wiki/Chinese_yuan" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese yuan">¥</a>2 (or ¥3, depending on the area's economic prosperity) shops have become a common sight in most cities. In Hong Kong, major department stores have opened their own <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_dollar" title="Hong Kong dollar">$</a>10 shops (US$1.28) to compete in the market, and there are now "$8 shops" (US$1.02) and even "$2 shops" (US$0.26) competing at lower prices, especially in poorer communities. Low prices are helped by Hong Kong's lack of a sales tax and its access to the mainland. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, fixed price stores can be found in many locations, including night markets, regular shopping streets, regular market stalls, and department stores. Two typical price points are <a href="/wiki/NT$" class="mw-redirect" title="NT$">NT$</a>39 and NT$49. Given that the retail environment in Taiwan is already highly competitive, it is not unusual to see such stores fail. </p><p>In India, <a href="/w/index.php?title=US_Dollar_Store&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="US Dollar Store (page does not exist)">US Dollar Store</a>, founded in 2003, is a pioneer of single price stores. The merchandise for pilot stores was sent from America. As sales grew over the years with more than 200 operational stores in India, the merchandise is now imported from China, Indonesia, Thailand, Spain, Portugal, UK and various other countries as well as the US. US Dollar stores were founded by entrepreneur Gaurav Sahni, owner of Nanson Overseas Private Limited. Nanson, operated by Gaurav Sahni and his brother Gautam Sahni, has had an established sourcing and consolidation network for over two decades, with supply bases worldwide. Direct sourcing without intermediaries and stocking a large variety of merchandise as and when needed has given the company an advantage. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Variety_store_chains_in_Asia">Variety store chains in Asia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Variety store chains in Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In China: <a href="/wiki/Miniso" class="mw-redirect" title="Miniso">Miniso</a></li> <li>In India: <a href="/w/index.php?title=US_Dollar_Store&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="US Dollar Store (page does not exist)">US Dollar Store</a></li> <li>In Japan: <a href="/wiki/Daiso" title="Daiso">Daiso</a>, Seria, Can Do</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>: Ghazali's HomeStore, <a href="/wiki/Imtiaz_(supermarket)" title="Imtiaz (supermarket)">Imtiaz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carrefour" title="Carrefour">Carrefour</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Names_for_variety_stores_in_Asia">Names for variety stores in Asia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Names for variety stores in Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>100 fils Shop in <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li>2 riyal Shop in <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Arab_states_of_the_Persian_Gulf" title="Arab states of the Persian Gulf">Arabian Gulf</a> countries</li> <li>20 Qirsh (Piastres) <a href="/wiki/Kuru%C5%9F" title="Kuruş">Kuruş</a>/ 50 Qirsh and 1 Dinar (US$ 1.4) shop in <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a>.</li> <li>25 <a href="/wiki/Lira" title="Lira">Liras</a> (Pounds)/ 50 Liras (US $ 0.5 - 1) in <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> - before 2011</li> <li>100-<a href="/wiki/Yen" class="mw-redirect" title="Yen">yen</a> shop or one coin shop in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></li> <li>10-dollar shop (US$1.28), 8-dollar shop, etc. in <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></li> <li>1000 Won shop in <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></li> <li>88 or 99 Peso store in <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li>49 & 99 shop in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></li> <li>Hakol Bedollar (everything for a Dollar) in <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a></li> <li>Ghazali's HomeStore in <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li>Всё по 100 рублей (English: Everything at 100 rubles) in <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></li> <li>10 or 20 Baht shop in <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li>2-<a href="/wiki/Ringgit" class="mw-redirect" title="Ringgit">ringgit</a> stores in <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Europe">Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Euroshop_Damrak_Amsterdam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Euroshop_Damrak_Amsterdam.jpg/170px-Euroshop_Damrak_Amsterdam.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Euroshop_Damrak_Amsterdam.jpg/255px-Euroshop_Damrak_Amsterdam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Euroshop_Damrak_Amsterdam.jpg/340px-Euroshop_Damrak_Amsterdam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="515" /></a><figcaption>The interior of a one-euro shop in Amsterdam, Netherlands</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="European_Union">European Union</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: European Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, chains include <a href="/wiki/Action_(store)" title="Action (store)">Action</a>, <a href="/wiki/HEMA_(store)" title="HEMA (store)">HEMA</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Zeeman_(chain_store)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zeeman (chain store)">Zeeman</a>.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tiger_(store)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiger (store)">Tiger</a>, a pun on the word for the Danish ten-<a href="/wiki/Danish_krone" title="Danish krone">krone</a> coin, opened in the mid-nineties in <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a> and has since spread to other countries</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>: <a href="/wiki/Action_(store)" title="Action (store)">Action</a>, <a href="/wiki/HEMA_(store)" title="HEMA (store)">HEMA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uniprix" title="Uniprix">Uniprix</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=M._1-2-3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. 1-2-3 (page does not exist)">M. 1-2-3</a>. <a href="/wiki/Zeeman_(store)" title="Zeeman (store)">Zeeman</a></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, there are <i>ToBi</i> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Total Billig</i>, "Totally Inexpensive") stores where most items cost one or two Euro or less. Other chains include <a href="/wiki/Action_(store)" title="Action (store)">Action</a>, <a href="/wiki/EuroShop" title="EuroShop">EuroShop</a>, <a href="/wiki/HEMA_(store)" title="HEMA (store)">HEMA</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=M%C3%A4c-Geiz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mäc-Geiz (page does not exist)">Mäc-Geiz</a> (240 stores), <a href="/wiki/Pfennigland" class="mw-redirect" title="Pfennigland">Pfennigland</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pfennigpfeiffer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pfennigpfeiffer (page does not exist)">Pfennigpfeiffer</a> (110 stores), <a href="/w/index.php?title=TEDi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TEDi (page does not exist)">TEDi</a> (1400 stores across Europe), Thomas Philipps (200 stores), and <a href="/wiki/Zeeman_(store)" title="Zeeman (store)">Zeeman</a></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>: 300 (300 <a href="/wiki/Modern_drachma" title="Modern drachma">drachmas</a>, €0.90)</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a> there are <i>100 forintos bolt</i> ("100 <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_forint" title="Hungarian forint">forints</a> store") stores, but they do not form a single chain, instead of being operated by small, independent companies.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>: <a href="/wiki/EuroGeneral" title="EuroGeneral">EuroGiant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dealz" title="Dealz">Dealz</a></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>: <a href="/wiki/UPIM" title="UPIM">UPIM</a></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>: <a href="/wiki/HEMA_(store)" title="HEMA (store)">HEMA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zeeman_(store)" title="Zeeman (store)">Zeeman</a></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tal-Lira&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tal-Lira (page does not exist)">Tal-Lira</a></li> <li>In the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>: <a href="/wiki/HEMA_(store)" title="HEMA (store)">HEMA</a> chain started in the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, sold goods using standard prices of 10, 25 or 50 cents, and later also 75 and 100 cents. After <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, this model could not be sustained and the standard pricing system was abandoned.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> HEMA is the abbreviation of <i>Hollandish standardized prices company</i> (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Hollandse Eenheidsprijzen Maatschappij</i>). The HEMA had some 500 Dutch stores in 2011 and also operates in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and France. Since 2016 the chain is expanding in to other European countries such as <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. Other chains include <a href="/wiki/Action_(store)" title="Action (store)">Action</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blokker_Holding" class="mw-redirect" title="Blokker Holding">Big Bazar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Euroland_(store)" title="Euroland (store)">Euroland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Zeeman_(chain_store)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zeeman (chain store)">Zeeman</a>.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> there were <i>Trezentos</i> shops (300 escudos, €1.50), but with the introduction of the Euro currency, this designation is not used nowadays and the terms 'bazar' or 'euro store' are preferred. Chains include <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eupoupo_-_Tudo_a_%E2%82%AC0,99_ou_%E2%82%AC1,49&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eupoupo - Tudo a €0,99 ou €1,49 (page does not exist)">Eupoupo - Tudo a €0,99 ou €1,49</a></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> there are <i>Todo a 100</i> shops ("everything for 100 <a href="/wiki/Spanish_peseta" title="Spanish peseta">pesetas</a>" (€0.60)), although due to the introduction of the euro and inflation, most products cost a multiple of €0.60 or €1. Most of these shops maintain their name in <a href="/wiki/Spanish_peseta" title="Spanish peseta">pesetas</a>, and most of them have been renamed as <i>Casi todo a 100</i> ("almost everything for 100 [pesetas]"),<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Todo a 100, 300, 500 y más</i> ("everything for 100, 300, 500 or more") or <i>Todo a un euro</i>. Colloquially, the expression <i>todo a 100</i> implies that something is either cheap, kitsch or low quality.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>: Bubbeltian, called by some Tian, a colloquialism for ten <a href="/wiki/Swedish_krona" title="Swedish krona">kronor</a>, US$1.20. Another chain that has been spreading in Sweden during the last seven years is <a href="/wiki/Dollarstore_(Sweden)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dollarstore (Sweden)">Dollarstore</a>, a chain where everything costs either 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and steps of 50 up to 500 kr.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Russia">Russia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Russia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Russia, <a href="/wiki/Fix_Price" title="Fix Price">Fix Price</a> started selling all its items at 30 roubles and as the business grew, up to 55 roubles. It has now cancelled this practice and has become a typical <a href="/wiki/Discount_store" title="Discount store">discount store</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Marks_%26_Spencer" title="Marks & Spencer">Marks & Spencer</a> opened a stall in Kirkgate Market Leeds in 1884, proclaiming “Don’t ask the price, it’s a ’Penny”. <a href="/wiki/Woolworths_Group_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Woolworths Group (United Kingdom)">Woolworth's</a> opened its first store in the United Kingdom in 1909, when they were also colloquially known as "<a href="/wiki/Threepence_(British_coin)" title="Threepence (British coin)">threepenny</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sixpence_(British_coin)" title="Sixpence (British coin)">sixpenny</a>" stores, "3<a href="/wiki/Penny_(British_pre-decimal_coin)" title="Penny (British pre-decimal coin)">d</a> and 6d" being displayed on the shops' frontages.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More modern counterparts include <a href="/wiki/B%26M" title="B&M">B&M</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boyes_(retailer)" title="Boyes (retailer)">Boyes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Home_Bargains" title="Home Bargains">Home Bargains</a>, <a href="/wiki/OneBeyond" title="OneBeyond">OneBeyond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poundland" title="Poundland">Poundland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Poundstretcher" title="Poundstretcher">Poundstretcher</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Names_for_variety_stores_in_Europe">Names for variety stores in Europe</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Names for variety stores in Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>100 forintos bolt in <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li>3,8 RON shop in <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a></li> <li>Всичко по 1 <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_lev" title="Bulgarian lev">лев</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li>Euro store, €2 store, etc. in the <a href="/wiki/Eurozone" title="Eurozone">Eurozone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euroland_(store)" title="Euroland (store)">Euroland</a> (formerly known as knaakland) in the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li>Euroshop or 1-Euro-Shop in <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></li> <li>Loja dos 300 in <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> 300 <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_escudo" title="Portuguese escudo">escudos</a> = 1.5 Eur</li> <li>Magasin à prix unique (English: one price store) in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></li> <li>Max20 (kroner) in <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">Pound</a> shop, 99p shop, etc. in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li>Sve po 8/10/12 kuna in <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li>Sve za 79/99/100 dinara (Everything for 79/99/100 dinars) in <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li>Tal-Lira in <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> (Lira was Malta's old currency before transitioning to Euro)</li> <li>Todo a 100, 20 <a href="/wiki/Duro_(monetary_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Duro (monetary unit)">duros</a> and SuperCien in <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> (former cien = 100 pesetas = €0.60)</li> <li>Wszystko za 5 złotych in <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_America">Central America</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Central America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Variety stores in <a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a> include Dollar City. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_America">South America</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: South America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Argentina, variety stores are called <i>todo por dos pesos</i> (everything for 2 pesos). </p><p>Brazilians sometimes use the expression <i>um e noventa e nove</i> (<a href="/wiki/Brazilian_real" title="Brazilian real">R$</a> 1,99) to refer to cheap, low quality things or even people. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a>, they are called <i>todo a mil</i> (referring to the one thousand Chilean pesos banknote). They are commonly located in middle-class neighbourhoods where big retail stores don't usually venture and in small commercial districts like the ones in <a href="/wiki/Santiago" title="Santiago">Santiago</a>. </p><p>Variety stores in <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a> include Dollar City (Colombia version of Dollarama), D1, Ara, <a href="/wiki/Miniso" class="mw-redirect" title="Miniso">Miniso</a> </p><p>In South America, variety stores may be known as: </p> <ul><li>Dolarazo (US$1.00) and Cincuentazo (US$0.50) in <a href="/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a></li> <li>Loja de 1,99 (<a href="/wiki/Brazilian_real" title="Brazilian real">R$</a> 1,99 = US$1.07) in <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li>Todo por 23 pesos in <a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a> (23 pesos = US$1)</li> <li>Todo por dos Pesos in <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a> (1 peso = US$0.32)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Africa">Africa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Egypt, a variety store may be called a <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_pound" title="Egyptian pound">£E</a>2.5 shop. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Global_chains">Global chains</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_store&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Global chains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Miniso" class="mw-redirect" title="Miniso">Miniso</a> is a Chinese variety store chain that specializes in household and consumer goods including <a href="/wiki/Cosmetics" title="Cosmetics">cosmetics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stationery" 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