by Mike Duff | Feb 4, 2022 | Retail Articles
According to Placer.ai’s Superstores Quarterly Index for Fourth Quarter 2021 consumer visits to superstores were up 6.8% in the period year over year, up 10.9% compared to the 2020 quarter, and up 5.7% compared to the 2019 period. The COVID-19 pandemic may even have...
by Chandler Harvey | Jan 4, 2022 | Featured News, Retail Articles
The dollar store sector is changing under the influence of inflation and because it has sought a broader clientele including more affluent consumers enticed by new, more specifically targeted store formats. Indeed, the dollar store sector has made inroads versus...
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 3, 2021 | Retail Articles
For the second quarter, Five Below posted significant sales and earnings gains versus the period in 2020 and 2019 but, although net income exceeded expectations, revenues came in just short of a Wall Street estimate. Net income was $64.8 million, or $1.15 per diluted...
