Five and dime

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Five and dime was a common nickname in the United States for five-and-ten-cent stores (also called 5 and 10s), popular in the early to mid-20th century.

These stores in the century, the price range of merchandise expanded. Typical items were household sundries, toys, and candy.

Such stores have gone through various price-reference names: five-cent store, dime store, and ten-cent store, for example. Today, the dollar store occupies a similar marketing niche. Duckwall's (part of the ALCO-Duckwall retail chain) now brands themselves as a "Variety Store."

Examples of well-known five and dimes include:

• Alco-Duckwall Retail Stores
• Ben Franklin Stores
• Butler Brothers
• W.T. Grant
• Kresge's
• Kress Stores
• McCrory Stores
  • J.J. Newberry
  • TG&Y
  • McLellan's
  • H.L. Green
  • G.C. Murphy
• Neisner Brothers
• Woolworth's

The play Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean refers to such a store, as do the songs Raspberry Beret by Prince, Love at the Five and Dime by Nanci Griffith, and Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams. Template:US-stub