99¢ Only Stores operates deep-discount retail stores. The company’s stores offer consumer goods and close-out merchandise. It also sells merchandise through its Bargain Wholesale division at prices generally below normal wholesale levels to retailers, distributors, and exporters. It also carries a line of private label consumer products. As of May 29, 2006, the company operated 234 retail stores in California, Texas, Arizona, and in Nevada. The company was founded in 1965 and is based in the City of Commerce, California.