Monoprix

Paris provides ample opportunities to shop for high-dollar brands, but when the shopping list is full of essentials, Monoprix is the answer. Considered the Target of Paris, the discount store has multiple locations throughout the city and carries everything from makeup and toiletries to home furnishings, gourmet foods, and fresh breads from the in-store bakery. Monoprix also carries its own line of basic, inexpensive clothing, but it also collaborates with outside designers and stocks higher-end brands like Erotokritos, a cult label with its own Parisian boutiques.