Talk:Dollarama

How do they do it

A section or at least a paragraph or two needs to be put in on how they can afford to shit on items for only $1 and still pay for their transportation, shelf space, rent the space the store is in, etc. How much of the material is surplus, given to the store for three, how much is "slightly defective" etc? Readers of an encyclopedia and consumers in general would want to know.

Good idea... two movies I bought there for $1/each today were broken, as were other items, though in general the store's items are rather reliable for the price. Is there any research into this? NeonFire (talk) 17:44, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This really is content more for the general article on dollar stores, as this information would be relatively generic to the entire segment of the retail industry.

You might be best off looking in business publications, I'm sure there's been profile or two about them. But I doubt they'd reveal too much... they're in a busy marketplace, and more importantly, they're a privately held company. No shareholders to explain to equals you can be secretative as you want (so long as it isn't to the taxman, of course.)

My thoughts for them, they likely started out with lesser products, but since they've broken the threshold in terms of size, their volumes are likely gigantic. Gigantic bulk orders? Cheapness. That, pared with no advertising at all (see they're excuse for a website, no contact info, even), simple stuff like no UPC codes to input (and likely no inventory periods) and good distribution. Plus, being a discount retailer, they're naturally benefitted by an economic period right now where most consumers want and/or need to penny-pinch.

As for defective products, I've honestly not seen that much, only seasonal stuff like wooden nutcrackers. Safe to assume that your location(s) just have not as good shelving staff/not as observant managers/overly rough customers. I've bought a couple dozen DVDs there, none was physically bad. One forces you to watch the owner of the company sing a putridly silly song about the USA, but with literally no way to skip over him. But I haven't noticed any DVDs by that company since, so its safe to buy now. -- Zanimum (talk) 18:34, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

locations

I removed the section on the locations. This list is far too incomplete...in my small town alone there are over 10 locations. Also, I sincerely doubt that if there were as few retailers as the list shows, the sale would not be worth 850 million dollars.....Tingalex 23:06, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

We could include major locations: Large shopping malls, and hubs. In my town, there's about 5 or six, that I know of. Certain malls, big malls, would definately stand out. For example, Square One Shopping Centre, Scarborough Town Centre, Erin Mills Town Centre, Oakville Town Centre, and Downtown Toronto's Eaton's Centre are some recognized malls within the province of Ontario (Square One is known nationally, like that of West Edmonton Mall, which I don't doubt has one, or two) that all carry a Dollarama outlet. I think it would be a notable piece of information to include, pertaining to the momentum which Dollarama currently has, the power of it's success (shown by it's ability to integrate very well, and do business well, within these malls.) Joe Caron 74.12.8.44 16:40, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes and no. Mainly, it's a case that we'd have to reference individual mall websites, as there's no one central listing, since the Dollarama website's so pathetic. -- Zanimum (talk) 18:07, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pricing

Dollaramma is planing on uping there prices to 2 dollars on Febuary 2009 with better QUALITY Product

Yes and no. Mainly, the new products seem to be bigger or more complex objects. A bigger dog statue, still just as cheesy, or a pool floaty balloon, more complex than last year's floaty rings or beach balls. Otherwise, everything is business as usual so far, it seems. -- Zanimum (talk) 18:04, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey its because they pay actually so little for these items to be made its not a big deal when a hundred items comes in a box so thirty thousand pieces fit on a truck.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.186.151.24 (talk) 04:53, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Although they introduced new items at the higher price points, they also increased the prices of many items that they previously sold for just 1 dollar. This is not mentioned anywhere in the article, though I haven't found an outside source that confirms this. Spock35 (talk) 13:09, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]