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Disrespect from dollar stores
What is it with dollar stores? Dollar Tree has yet again been hit with a fine for safety violations. The...
Survey shows dollar stores converging with traditional grocery and mass retail
• Deep discount retailers like Dollar General, Dollar Tree and Family Dollar are poised to capture even more food and...
Dollar General opens 3 stores a day
Forbes magazine is breathless about Dollar General BB #:172794. A recent feature article tells us that the chain is spreading...
Don’t discount the dollar store
While I may live in one of the most enviable places in the world for grocery shoppers—Austin, TX, a place...
Dollar Stores: Beyond the dollar
As dollar stores experiment with new formats and fresh product lineups, they’re also exploring higher price points that would allow...
Dollar Stores: Messaging and exposure
A major challenge for dollar retailers is many consumers, both regulars and new, often don’t realize the stores even carry...
Dollar Stores: Positives and Negatives
Two of the biggest challenges for dollar stores in the produce category are controlling costs and shrink. Bill Bishop, chief...
Dollar Stores: Explaining their growth
While there are a number of factors spurring the growth of dollar stores, including lower prices and their proximity to...
Dollar Stores: Why they’re selling fresh
Fresh produce, while a difficult category under the dollar-store business model, can be beneficial for retailers and suppliers alike from...
Dollar Stores: Who are they?
Most shoppers in the dollar retail sphere are familiar with the top competitors: Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar....
Dollar Stores and Fresh Produce: A winning strategy?
Dollar stores are a force to be reckoned with, boasting more than 34,000 locations and counting. Most stores are under...
Dollar General clears path to fresh produce self-distribution
Dollar General BB #:172794 wrapped up the initial rollout of its DG Fresh initiative, which clears the company to focus...
Dollar, discounters lead new store openings in U.S.
Nearly half of the planned store openings in the U.S. are dollar stores. That’s according to a recent report from...
Dollar General accelerates produce initiatives, aims for fresh produce in more than 1,000 stores in 2020
Goodlettsville, TN-based Dollar General BB #:172794 had another strong quarter, posting the best same-store sales increase the company has had...
Dollar store competition in food is small but growing
LAS VEGAS—Grocery store closures were the highest in 20 years in 2019—but that wasn’t true for one segment of retail....
Study finds equal quality fresh foods at dollar stores
As deep discount stores, so-called “dollar stores,” add more fresh food to their lineup, a new study by the University...
NGA: How to compete with dollar stores
SAN DIEGO – Dollar stores present serious competition to independent retailers, increasingly in food, but there are a few key...
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