by Mike Duff | Nov 12, 2021 | Retail Articles
Home delivery is having an immediate impact on the dollar store business, and the trend is continually generating new initiatives, including a deal between Dollar General and DoorDash and the launch of a dollar store feature in the Instacart app. In a new initiative,... by Mike Duff | Oct 14, 2021 | Home + Housewares
Lifestyle product retailer MINISO is rolling out retail stores in the US under a new banner, $10 N’ Under, at a time when the deep value retail sector is rapidly changing. Dollar stores and those such as Five Below that have as the core consumer proposition a... by Mike Duff | Sep 28, 2021 | Retail Articles
In a move that takes its presence to 47 states, Dollar General has announced that it plans to expand into Idaho, with a store in Athol, currently scheduled to open by spring 2022. As of July 2021, Dollar General noted, it had more than 17,600 stores in operation so... by Mike Duff | Sep 3, 2021 | Retail Articles
Amid a COVID-19 Delta variant spike and disruptions due to weather, the August jobs report, as published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, came in under expectations, but retailers are jumping into the employment pool, recently announcing a number of... by Mike Duff | Aug 30, 2021 | Retail Articles
Dollar General, looking beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, asserted that it is in good shape despite tough year-over-year comparisons. Net income for the quarter was $637 million, or $2.69 per diluted share, versus $787.6 million, or $3.12 per diluted share, in the... 