Not all items at Katy’s new Daiso will be priced at 100 yen (90 cents), but they should be in the ballpark. The dollar store chain originally set a single price for all items in store when it debuted in Japan, a practice it’s carried over to some Australian locations but not the U.S.
The retailer opens its Mason Park Shopping Center doors tomorrow at 10:05 a.m. in the storefront Aaron’s furniture store left for a spot across the street after Daiso reportedly took over its lease 2 years ago. That’ll bring the Texas Daiso total to 6; the others are all near Dallas.
As for the seventh, it’s already gunning for Lonestar Dancesport’s former digs in the Westchase Shopping Center:
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- Japanese bargain store to open Katy location after 2-year wait [Houston Business Journal]
Photos: Daiso (new store); Lonestar Dancesport
Turning Japanese
Previously on Swamplot:
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http://swamplot.com/stacked-retail-near-downtown-daiso-discount-store-coming-to-texas/2015-11-30/
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I’ve been waiting almost 3 years for this store to open.
Awesome, gotta love that exchange rate on the yen. I’m always impressed at the inventory and pricing of those Dollar General stores so they have some stiff competition.
On the Daiso website most stuff is priced well over multiple bucks. Maybe the B&M inventory is different.