Editing Discount store (section)

===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.