The first fixed-price store in Russia opened in 2007 in the city of Khimki, Moscow Region. In other countries, similar stores have long been successfully operating; in Russia, they also appealed to customers.
When Fix Price just started its work, the price of goods was 30 rubles. Unfortunately, every year it rises. In 2016, the store’s pricing policy changed a bit, the assortment expanded, goods were introduced at 55, 77 and 99 rubles.
This was not scared away by buyers, on the contrary, there were even more of them. Not surprisingly, for a low price in the store you can buy anything. Of course, when choosing a product, you should be more careful, some things are not worth the price that they ask for it.
Yes, they sell a huge amount of unnecessary things of poor quality, but you can buy something useful at a very low price.
Below are 10 categories of items that can be profitably bought at Fix Price.
10. Goods for the holiday
Anyone who at least once arranged a holiday at home knows that this is an expensive pleasure. Often you just need to decorate the apartment, and sometimes even come up with costumes.
Creating a festive atmosphere at home is easy if you have Fix Price in your city. Large selection of balloons, paper caps, garland-extensions.
There will also be no problems with the costume: hats, original ties, carnival glasses, wigs. Before the New Year it is difficult to approach the shelves with goods for the holiday, the hype begins.
Indeed, such a huge choice and affordable prices cannot but attract buyers. If you need to pack a gift, in Fix Price you can always choose inexpensive and beautiful wrapping paper, gift bags and boxes.
9. Homeware
Some housewives do not run the risk of purchasing household goods at a fixed price store, but in vain. Here is a very large selection of useful little things. In addition, compared to ordinary hardware stores, they are not expensive.
At Fix Price you can buy dishes: mugs, plates, cutlery and other kitchen utensils. Thrifty housewives will appreciate jars for spices, containers for storing food.
It is possible to buy silicone vanes and even rugs at a low price. Indeed, in ordinary stores, they are very expensive. By the way, many women say that the silicone mat for 99 rubles is in no way inferior to expensive items from hardware stores.
Therefore, if you want to replace kitchen utensils, go to Fix Price. There, every housewife will be able to find something for herself.
8. Products for animals
People who have animals will also not leave a fixed-price store without a purchase. There is a large selection of bowls for food, they are bright and original. You can please your pet with the help of toys, in pet stores they cost an order of magnitude higher.
In Fix Price you can even buy a leash and a collar for a dog, a harness for a cat. Absorbing diapers for animals are very popular, because at this price they can not be bought anywhere else.
Before you go to the pet store, look at Fix Price, you can save a lot. They even sell food for animals. Whether it is worth buying, everyone will decide personally. Perhaps the food of your favorite pet is something you should not save on.
7. Notebooks and notebooks
Parents of schoolchildren should visit this store more often. Notebooks, diaries, drawing albums, pencils, pens, felt-tip pens - all this can be purchased here.
In some stores, you can find sets of felt-tip pens that change color; in ordinary stores, their price is very high. However, stationery is always useful.
Even if you don’t have children, look into this department anyway. You can please yourself with a beautiful diary, a notebook for notes. There are cute and funny little things, there are strict and serious ones. Everyone can choose a daily planner to their taste.
6. Books
If you like to read, then you will definitely like it at Fix Price. Of course, you should not hope that here you can buy collected works of classics or books of popular authors. Adult readers will be able to purchase detective stories, romance novels, and books on health issues.
The store will be a real salvation for parents: a huge selection of fairy tales, children's books for babies, albums with stickers, educational aids. Their price is low, and the quality is excellent.
5. Women's little things for personal care
Every woman will notice that the store has many different little things for personal care. Sets of combs, mirrors of various sizes and colors, manicure accessories, shower caps, masseurs, curlers, elastic bands, hairpins ... The list can be continued for a long time, but it’s better to see everything with your own eyes.
Someone is buying shampoos, shower gels, creams. Nothing bad can be said about body scrubs, cosmetic clay. Many girls leave positive reviews about these funds. There is also a sale of decorative cosmetics.
That's just all the same, most women are afraid to buy cosmetics at such a low price. The opinions of those who ventured are also very controversial.
4. Food
Food is also a concern for buyers. Everything is here: preservation, sweets, groceries and even alcohol. Each buyer decides for himself whether to buy food from Fix Price.
Although many of the products that are presented in the store are sold in ordinary supermarkets, the truth is at higher prices. In any case, coffee, tea, sweets, granola there are quite decent.
Also, the store sells good ice cream. For example, the same popsicle on a stick in a well-known retail chain costs twice as much as in a fixed-price store.
3. Trinkets, souvenirs and decor
Fix Price is a real paradise for women who like to decorate their home. Flower pots, souvenirs, decorative gizmos please with a low price and nice design.
Here you can choose an inexpensive gift: photo frames of various designs, colors and sizes, vases, figurines. Many housewives go to this store specifically for trinkets and various things to decorate the interior.
2. Containers and storage tanks
Similar products in other stores are quite expensive. With Fix Price you can significantly save and equip your apartment. Huge selection of storage containers: hanging panniers, boxes with lids, small baskets with handles, organizers for cosmetics and accessories.
Men will also appreciate the assortment of the store. You can purchase various organizers and plastic containers for storing small items and finally clean up the balcony or garage. After all, men also have many "treasures" that they need to store somewhere.
1. Household chemicals
As for household chemicals, they can be bought at a fixed price store without fear. The assortment is the same as in most well-known stores and supermarkets.
Cleaning products for plumbing, liquid for washing dishes and floors, powders, toothpastes - all the same, only the price for them is fixed.
When buying household chemicals, you should be careful. Many products in ordinary stores are even cheaper, such as cleaning powders. Again, a lot of funds unfamiliar to the buyer are sold here, they are not advertised on TV and are not available in other stores.