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. Daiso has a range of over 100,000 products, of which over 40 percent are imported goods, many of them from
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. Many of their products are house-hold items such as kitchenware and cleaning products. Daiso has locations in 25 countries and regions worldwide.


History

Daiso was originally opened first as a street vending shop dealing with 100- yen products known as “Yano Shoten" by Hirotake Yano in 1972. He later founded Daiso in 1977.


Business method

Daiso often uses such locations as previous
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parlours for its retail outlets. They spend a lot of money on shelving and fixtures to help the stores compete with more high-end retailers. The stock of items retailed at each shop is varied frequently in order to increase repeat customers. Daiso categorizes all of its own branded items on sale using the
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''za'' (ザ), the Japanese representation of the English word "the", plus a category. For example, ''za hanabi'' (ザ・花火) is the category for fireworks, and ''za purasuchikku'' (ザ・プラスチック) is the category for plastic items such as plastic buckets or trays. In 2004, Daiso started selling items priced at multiples of 100 yen, such as 200, 300, 400 or 500 yen.


Locations

Daiso has 3,620 stores in Japan, and nearly 2,300 stores overseas in Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Kuwait, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Oman, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, and Vietnam. Number of Daiso stores, as of 2022.


Australia

The first Daiso store opened up in
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in 2010, selling thousands of items at a flat rate of $2.80. Since then it has expanded to thirteen stores in
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, three in
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, twelve in Victoria and one in
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). The stores range from to (Midtown Plaza, Melbourne store), which is currently the largest in Australia. Almost every item is AUD $3.10, or US$, except for a small range of products (5% of total range) that is sold at varying prices from $3 to $15.


Bahrain

Daiso's main store in Bahrain is located at Dasman Center, Manama, and spans 2 floors. It has been in operation since 2005. Daiso also runs a smaller outlet at Ramli Mall, A'ali. As of 2007, most products cost BHD 0.600, or US$.


Canada

Daiso opened its first corporate Canadian store on
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in downtown
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in April 2021, with plans to expand nationally. A new store is scheduled to open in the fall of 2022 in the Metrotown location. A franchise store, owned by
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, was operated in Richmond, British Columbia from 2003 to 2019, when it was rebranded under Fairchild's Oomomo banner. Oomomo has continued to sell some Daiso products, but this supply will be cut off as Daiso expands.


Cambodia

There are three locations of Daiso Japan in Cambodia. All products are priced at about US$1.90. As of 2018, its new name in Cambodia is ”DAISO JAPAN Life Coordinates Store”.


Israel

There are 6 locations in Israel: *Rananim Mall * Cinema City Rishon Lezion Complex G *
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*Lev HaMifratz Mall CineMall Haifa * Azrieli Mall Jerusalem *BIG FASHION Mall Bat Yam All products are priced at 10 ILS, or US$, though some items are sold as 1+1 for 10 ILS.


Malaysia

All products are priced at RM 5.90, or US$
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-inclusive. The price increase from RM 5.30 to the current price was effective from March 1, 2017. The price temporarily reduced to RM 5.57 since there is no longer GST implemented in Malaysia, but returned to RM 5.90 again because of SST (Sales and Services Tax) that was effective from September 1, 2018.


Singapore

There are 27 Daiso stores in Singapore, together with 11 Threeppy stores and 1 Standard Products store. The minimum pricing is $2.14 and followed by 10 of the tiered increments.


South Korea

Daiso Korea owns 1,150 stores across the country, which was established in 1992 as the Daiso-Asung Corporation. Working in cooperation with Daiso Japan in 2001 (until 2011), the chain has proliferated over the last 10 years by using a low cost-high quality strategy. Each store stocks over 30,000 items and most are under 1,000 won, or . Daiso has an online shopping mall that allows people to purchase the same items at home. In 2011 and 2014, Daiso Korea announced that they are no longer part of Daiso Japan; they claim that Daiso Japan was trying to promote
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, as part of Japan. Daiso Korea confirmed that they were not selling the products Daiso Japan was selling and that they were acting as a different company. Daiso Korea has a unique logo compared to the rest of the Daiso Corporation. The modified logo is used inside the country to rebrand itself as a more modern company and to show its break-off from Daiso Japan.


United States

On October 2, 2005, the first store in the United States opened for business in Alderwood Mall located in
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, WA. This store is much smaller at only 442 square meters (approx. 4,750 square feet), and items were originally one of three prices, $1, $1.50, & $2 (all USD). The current inventory now includes packaged food and items are now priced up to $8, though most items are at the $1.50 price point. There are 85 stores in the continental United States, operated by Daiso US. The stores are in
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. The largest U.S. Daiso is located in
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, which has of floor space and opened on August 8, 2007. Additionally, there are four Daiso stores in Hawaii operated by Daiso Hawaii. On December 12, 2018, Daiso Japan opened its first store in
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, Hawaii, and opened two others on March 14, 2019 and January 20, 2022. On March 8, 2019, Daiso Japan opened its first branch in the
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. On December 29, 2021, Daiso opened its first store in
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Controversies

In June 2017 Daiso was forced by the
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to recall 165 products in Australia. These included toys which could pose a choking hazard or injury and beauty products with unknown ingredients. In June 2022,
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filed a lawsuit against Daiso, accusing them of selling foam clogs that allegedly resembled theirs and violating copyright trademarks.


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