The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Variety store \Variety store\
a retail store selling a wide variety of items, especially of
low price, as in a five and ten.
[PJC]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "variety store":
boutique, chain store, co-op, concession, cooperative,
countinghouse, country store, department store, dime store,
discount house, discount store, emporium, establishment,
five-and-ten, general store, house, magasin, mail-order house,
market, mart, post, retail store, salon, shop, store, supermarket,
trading post, variety shop, warehouse, wareroom, wholesale house