Daiso and other 100-yen stores are going strong here in Japan (though now things are 110 yen with tax). It's amazing what kind of fantastic stuff you can get here for $0.72.
Daiso is great in the US, although they've raised prices from $1.25 to $1.75. Still a far better value than Dollar Tree and the like.
It is also interesting when Daiso and other 100-yen shops have stuff that is over 100 yen (usually 300-500 yen). Most of them are the more durable items or ones that would never be good at all if it was sold for 100 yen. Pretty good thinking if you ask me.
Between the name and the logo colors I assumed for years it was a frozen foods store (there's mostly in strip malls too so I'd drive near but never close enough or slow enough to truly peek), then one day I stepped into one and realized it was an inflation-adjusted dollar store