Variety Store - Price Points

Price Points

The store is usually named for the price of the merchandise sold in the store (but see below); the names vary by area and time, as each country has a different currency, and the nominal price of the goods has increased over time due to inflation. Modern names include:

• dollar store, $1.25 store, 99-cent store, etc. in the United States
• dollar store in Canada plus other names. Dollar store is used predominantly. Dollarama is a nationwide chain of dollar stores.
• Euroshop or 1-Euro-Shop in Germany.
• Pound shop, £2 shop, 99p shop, etc. in the United Kingdom, e.g. Poundland
• $2 shop in Australia and New Zealand
• Euro store, €2 store, etc. in the Rep. Of Ireland, Greece, Italy, etc.
• 100-yen shop or one coin shop in Japan
• 10-dollar shop (US$1.28), 8-dollar shop, etc. in Hong Kong
• 5 y 10 in Mexico (selling everything at 5 and 10 pesos).
• euroland (formerly known as knakenland) in the Netherlands
• Todo a 100, 20 duros and SuperCien in Spain (former 100 pesetas = 0.60€)
• Todo por dos Pesos in Argentina (1 peso = US$0.32)
• 2.5 LE shop in Egypt
• Magasin à prix unique (English: One Price Store) in France
• Wszystko za 5 złotych in Poland
• 88 or 99 Peso Store in Philippines
• 100 forintos bolt in Hungary
• 3,8 RON shop in Romania
• Dólar y Algo Extra, La Reina, Almacenes Caravana in Puerto Rico
• Loja de 1,99 (BRL1.99 = US$1.07) in Brazil
• Loja dos 300 in Portugal 300 escudos = 1,5 Eur
• 49 & 99 shop in India
• 100 fils Shop in Kuwait
• 2 riyal Shop in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries
• Max20 (kroner) in Norway
• Sve po 8/10/12 kuna in Croatia
• Sve za 79/99/100 dinara (Everything for 79/99/100 dinars) in Serbia
• Всё по 10 рублей/Всё по 100 рублей (English: Everything On 100 Rubles) in Russia
• Всичко по 1 лев in Bulgaria
• Todo por 23 pesos in Uruguay (23 pesos = US$1)
• Ghazali's HomeStore in Pakistan

Some variety stores are not true "single price-point" stores despite their name. Often the name of the store, such as "dollar store", is only a suggestion, and can be misleading. Some stores that call themselves "dollar stores", such as Dollar General and Family Dollar in the United States, have items that cost more or less than a dollar. Some stores also sell goods priced at multiples of the named price. The problem with the name is also compounded in some countries by sales tax, which leads to taxable items costing the customer more than a dollar. Some purists maintain that the phrase "dollar store", in the strict sense, should only refer to stores which sell only items that cost exactly $1.

Some stores can have prices which are not round multiples of currency, such as the "99-cent store" or "88-yen store". As inflation increases the nominative price of goods, the names of such stores must also change over time.

The £100 Shop in Dalston in the United Kingdom is a "hyperbolic reworking" of the variety store concept. On its website and at a physical storefront, the £100 Shop presents items obtained in a £1 shop as if they were unique luxury items.