Holdings Corporation. Canada Woolworths entered Canada in the 1920s, the stores were converted to the Foot Locker, Champs Sports and other stores in 1994. Kresge's, a competitor to Woolworth's entered the Canadian market 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 brand clothing. Costco entered Canada in 1986. In 1990, the American chain Walmart purchased the Woolco chain in Canada, and converted the stores to Walmarts. Dollarama was founded in Quebec in 1992. In 1998, Zellers bought out Kmart Canada, taking over its stores. In 2011, Marshalls, owned by the American TJX Companies, entered Canada, and Zellers sold most of its stores to Target. Target Canada filed for bankruptcy in 2015, selling its stores to Walmart, Lowe's and Canadian Tire. In 2016, the Hudson's Bay Company started opening Saks Off 5th locations to sell off-price brands. American off-price chain Nordstrom Rack opened its first Canadian location in Vaughan Mills in 2018. Transnationals Aldi BİM Costco Daiso Dia (supermarket chain) Lidl Netto (store) Penny TJX Companies Usave Walmart By country Outside the United States and Canada, the main discount store chains listed by country are as follows: Australia Aldi Big W, Kmart, Target, The Reject Shop, Cheap and Chips, Dollars and Sense, Shiploads, Red Dot. Argentina Dia Austria Lidl Aldi Penny Angola Usave Belgium Aldi Lidl Botswana Usave Bosnia and Herzegovina Lidl Brazil Dia (supermarket chain) Bulgaria Lidl Kam Market Chile Justo y Bueno China Aldi Colombia ARA (Jerónimo Martins) Dollarcity Ísimo, formerly Justo Y Bueno Costa Rica Pali Pequeno Mundo Croatia Eurospin Lidl Cyprus Lidl Czech Lidl Denmark Aldi Lidl Greece Lidl Guatemala Super del Barrio Despensa Familiar Dollar City Egypt BIM El Salvador Dollar City Estonia Lidl Eswatini Usave Boxer superstores Finland Lidl HalpaHalli Kärkkäinen Tokmanni Germany Major chains of discount supermarkets in Germany are Aldi, Lidl, Netto Marken-Discount, Netto (store), Norma and Penny. Honduras Latvia Lidl Hungary Aldi Lidl Ireland Aldi Lidl Lithuania Aldi Lidl Luxembourg Aldi Lidl Italy Italy has numerous discount supermarkets, including Lidl and , the chains with the largest number of stores, and Aldi, , , MD Discount, Penny, and . Japan Japan has numerous discount stores, including Costco, Daiso, Don Quijote (store) and The Price (owned by Ito Yokado). Malaysia Eco-shop