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Daiso is a Korean variety-goods chain selling an enormous range of cheap household items — dishes, cleaning supplies, storage boxes, stationery, and seasonal goods — almost all priced in the roughly one-thousand-to-five-thousand-won range, making it the natural first stop for anyone furnishing an empty apartment on a tight budget. Its low prices and breadth of everyday items are why it became a go-to for newcomers setting up a first home.
Costco is a membership warehouse store built around bulk quantities rather than cheap single items, and Olive Young is a health-and-beauty retail chain focused on cosmetics and personal care — both are popular Korean retailers, just serving completely different shopping needs than kitting out a bare apartment cheaply.
Daiso's product range has grown so broad over the years — including furniture-adjacent items and small electronics accessories — that many residents treat a single trip as enough to stock most of a new home's basic necessities.
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