Discount store Retail Ranking; June 2014), operates more than 10,121 discount stores or discount shops worldwide. Australia has four main discount shops including Aldi, Big W, Kmart, and Target, plus in the Sydney region only, Victoria's Basement. Woolworths entered Canada in the 1920s, but the stores were converted to the Foot Locker, Champs Sports and other stores by 1994. Kresge's entered Canada in 1929. Zellers was founded in 1931, and was acquired by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1978. Giant Tiger opened its first store in Ottawa in 1961, modeled on Woolworths. Winners was founded in 1982 in Toronto, and sells off-price
Discount store Zeemand both operate throughout Europe. In addition, the German chains Lidl and Aldi are both operating shops in The Netherlands. New Zealand's main discount shops includes The Warehouse. Discount shops cover about 20% of food sales in Poland. Main retailers: Competition in the global discount shop industry has intensified as the various players try to undercut their rivals to attract new customers and retain existing customers with low priced goods. "See also" - List of discount shops in the United Kingdom During the period from the 1950s to the late 1980s, discount stores were more popular than the average supermarket