Editing Discount store (section)

==Types (United States)==
Discount stores in the United States may be classified into different types:

===Hypermarkets (superstores)===
Discount [[superstore]]s such as [[Walmart]] or [[Target Corporation|Target]] sell general merchandise in a [[big-box store]]; many have a full grocery selection and are thus [[hypermarket]]s, though that term is not generally used in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://adage.com/article/news/walmart-target-kmart-kohl-s-lead-retail-revolution/233379|title=Walmart, Target, Kmart, Kohl's Lead 50 Years of Retail Revolution|date=March 19, 2012|website=adage.com}}</ref> In the 1960s and 1970s the term "discount department store" was used, and chains such as [[Kmart]], [[Zodys]] and [[TG&Y]] billed themselves as such.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://transformco.com/about/kmart/kmart-history?/about/kmart/history.htm|title=Kmart History &#124; Kmart &#124; About Us &#124; Transformco|website=transformco.com}}</ref> The term "discount department store" or "off-price department store" is sometimes applied to big-box discount retailers of apparel and home goods, such as [[Ross Stores|Ross Dress for Less]], [[Marshalls]], [[TJ Maxx]], and [[Burlington (department store)|Burlington]].

===Category killers===
So-called [[category killer]] stores, specialize in one type of merchandise and sell it in [[big-box store]]s. Examples include:
*Apparel: [[Ross Dress for Less]], [[Marshalls]], [[Burlington (department store)|Burlington]], etc.
*Pet supplies: [[Petco]], [[PetSmart]]
*Home furnishings and accessories: [[Big Lots]], [[HomeGoods]]
*Office supplies: [[Staples Inc.|Staples]], [[Office Depot]], [[OfficeMax]]

===Warehouse clubs===
When membership is required, discount superstores are known as [[warehouse clubs]], and often require purchases of larger sizes or quantities of goods than a regular superstore. The main national chains, both of which have operations outside the U.S., are [[Costco]] and [[Sam's Club]].

===Discount grocery store===
Major discount [[grocery store]] retail chains in the U.S. include [[Aldi]], [[Lidl]], [[Save-A-Lot]] and [[Grocery Outlet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/food/what-lidl-discount-grocery-store-giving-aldi-run-its-money-t182688|title=What is Lidl? Why this discount grocery store is giving Aldi a run for its money|website=TODAY.com}}</ref> Currently [[Aldi]] and [[Lidl]] are the largest discount retailers in the world operating more than 25,000 discount stores worldwide between them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupiv.com/ |title=¤ Aldi &#124; Handelsdaten |access-date=2014-08-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903051806/http://www.handelsdaten.de/themen/387/aldi/ |archive-date=2014-09-03 }}</ref>

===Variety stores, dollar stores, five and dimes===
[[Variety store]]s in the U.S. today, are most commonly known as [[dollar store]]s such as [[Dollar General]], [[Family Dollar]] and [[Dollar Tree]], which sell goods usually only at a single price-point or multiples thereof (£1, $2, etc.). During the early and mid-twentieth century they were commonly known as "five and dimes" or "dime stores". Stores of the main chains, [[F. W. Woolworth Company|Woolworth's]], [[J. J. Newberry]] and [[Kmart|S. S. Kresge]], lined the shopping streets of U.S. downtowns and suburbs, and starting in the 1950s they also opened branches in shopping malls. These chains originally sold items for 5, 10 or 25 cents, but many later moved to a model with flexible price points, with a variety of general merchandise at discounted prices, in formats smaller than today's discount superstores.