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These Store s 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:

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 .