When it comes to discount retailing in Los Angeles, there are two main players: the 99 Cents Only Stores chain and rival Big Lots. At Big Lots, with its higher price points, there’s more variety.

Shares of 99 Cents Only rose 25 cents, or 2.9%, to $8.75 in after-hours trading after closing down 40 cents, or 4.5%, to $8.50. At the Silver Lake store, Jennifer Choi, 27, said she would still ...

99 Cents Only claims that the owners of a Florida company called 99 Cent Supercenter copied its magenta and green-blue logo in advertising circulars distributed to promote the grand openings of ...