"showrooming" -- web-savvy consumers check out products in physical show rooms, only to turn to their favorite shopping and price comparison websites to see if they can buy the same product cheaper elsewhere.

Don Quijote is an interesting company, growing by leaps and bounds both through M&A and also through continuing store openings.

It's now a survival of the cheapest in the retail market as Uniqlo and the low-cost/no-cost giants take charge.