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Dollar store facts for kids

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A dollar store (also called a pound shop) is a type of store popular in North America. They sell many different items, most of which cost under a dollar. However, in recent years, the chain diversified the kind of items sold and prices regularly exceed the notorious one-dollar limit.

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  • DGRegisterStore

    99 Cents Only Stores in Dallas, Texas

  • Woolworth - Kresge Scranton PA vintage 78 Better Copy

    F. W. Woolworth and S. S. Kresge stores on Lackawanna Avenue, in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania. The two stores were often found near one another in downtown areas.

  • Seattle Higo 01

    An art gallery in Seattle's International District preserves the façade and some features of Higo Variety Store, an independent Japanese-American five and ten.

  • Walton's Five and Dime store, Bentonville, Arkansas

    Walton's Five and Dime Store in Bentonville, Arkansas, the first store of what would eventually become Walmart.

  • Dollar Tree interior in Gillette, Wyoming

    Interior of a Dollar Tree in Gillette, Wyoming

  • 100-Emon

    100-yen at Kōnoike, Higashiōsaka

  • Euroshop Damrak Amsterdam

    The interior of a one-euro shop in Amsterdam, Netherlands

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Tienda de todo a 100 para niños

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