Dollar General

Dollar General Corporation is an American chain of variety stores headquartered in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. As of July 2018, Dollar General operates 15,000 stores in the continental United States.

(source: dollargeneral.com)

Today In Payments: Banks Wary As Fed And MIT Prep Digital Currency Report; Jumio Lands $150 Million
Today In Payments: Banks Wary As Fed And MIT Prep Digital Currency Report; Jumio Lands...
March 23, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, Boston’s Federal Reserve and MIT could reveal digital dollar prototypes this summer, and Jumio raised $150 million to expand its digital...

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Dollar General Aims For Fresh Produce In 10,000 Stores
Dollar General Aims For Fresh Produce In 10,000 Stores
March 23, 2021  |  Retail

Dollar General, which operates the nation’s largest chain of 17,000 discount stores, announced on a call with analysts Thursday (March 18) that it intended to dramatically expand...

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Dollar General Earnings Fall Short Of Projections
Dollar General Earnings Fall Short Of Projections
March 18, 2021  |  Earnings

Dollar General posted 2020 fourth-quarter earnings that missed expectations and issued a downbeat earnings forecast for 2021, the discount retailer said in a press release on...

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Dollar General Cautious; Says ‘Significant Sales Benefit’ From COVID Will Likely End
Dollar General Cautious; Says ‘Significant Sales Benefit’ From COVID Will Likely End
March 18, 2021  |  Retail

Dollar General, which operates the nation’s largest chain of 17,000 discount stores, said on Thursday (March 18) that the 20 percent COVID-fueled sales increase last...

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Why Trader Joe’s, Dollar General And Instacart Will Pay Workers To Get Vaccinated
Why Trader Joe’s, Dollar General And Instacart Will Pay Workers To Get Vaccinated
January 15, 2021  |  Retail

Trader Joe’s, Dollar General and other companies that employ thousands of front-line hourly or gig workers have announced plans to pay bonuses to those who...

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Dollar General Offers Workers Extra Pay For Getting COVID-19 Vaccine
Dollar General Offers Workers Extra Pay For Getting COVID-19 Vaccine
January 13, 2021  |  Coronavirus

What should retailers do to lure skittish customers back into their stores? Dollar General Corp. has reportedly come up with a solution: Offer employees the...

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Will Dollar Stores Fill The Void At Malls From Department Store Closures?
Will Dollar Stores Fill The Void At Malls From Department Store Closures?
January 07, 2021  |  Retail

Department stores like Sears, JCPenney, Lord & Taylor and others have either gone under or closed hundreds of stores, threatening to take down shopping malls...

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Dollar General Introduces ‘popshelf’ Store Concept
Dollar General Introduces ‘popshelf’ Store Concept
October 09, 2020  |  Retail

As an extension of its non-consumables strategic plan, Dollar General has unveiled its new popshelf retail store concept. The new store concept will offer home...

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Dollar General, Family Dollar Same-Store Sales Jump
Dollar General, Family Dollar Same-Store Sales Jump
May 28, 2020  |  Retail

Amid increases in average transaction amount and shopper traffic, Dollar General Corp. reported that same-store sales rose 21.7 percent for fiscal year 2020 Q1 compared...

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