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Dollar General Blames Winter Storm for Slowing Q4 Same-Store Sales Growth
Dollar General Blames Winter Storm for Slowing Q4 Same-Store Sales Growth
February 23, 2023  |  Retail

Dollar General said a December storm kept it from meeting its expected financial results. The retailer said in a Thursday (Feb. 23) press release that...

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Surge of In-Store Shopping Triggers Rise in New Brick-and-Mortar Locations
Surge of In-Store Shopping Triggers Rise in New Brick-and-Mortar Locations
February 14, 2023  |  Retail

If the great American pastime is shopping, then the great American Retail response is arguably opening new stores. This, as a new blog post from...

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Dollar Stores Battle Walmart and Amazon for Grocery Spend
Dollar Stores Battle Walmart and Amazon for Grocery Spend
February 10, 2023  |  Retail

Budget-conscious consumers are eating at home — and Amazon and Walmart may cede grocery ground to the dollar stores. The key battles may be fought...

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Dollar Stores Step up Race to Add Locations Amid Consumer Shift
Dollar Stores Step up Race to Add Locations Amid Consumer Shift
December 20, 2022  |  Retail

Dollar stores and discount retailers are racing to meet consumer demand by adding locations. Dollar General and Dollar Tree, together, expect to have opened 1,300...

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Offline Shopping: Three Categories To Watch
Offline Shopping: Three Categories To Watch
June 05, 2020  |  Retail

The numbers are in. The latest in the PYMNTS COVID-19 series that quantifies the effects of the pandemic shows not only a deepening digital shift,...

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Sizzle Fizzle: Apps Sizzle, Startups Fizzle And Regulators Battle Bitcoin
Sizzle Fizzle: Apps Sizzle, Startups Fizzle And Regulators Battle Bitcoin
January 19, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Fizzle of the Week: Cryptocurrency Regulation The saga over bitcoin and its relationship to various regulators has become something of the payments answer to a...

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Black Friday To Lift Big Lots?
Black Friday To Lift Big Lots?
November 18, 2016  |  Retail

In every retail shopping event, there are winners and there are losers. One research firm thinks that this Black Friday will see winners in the...

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Dollar Stores’ Gain Is Traditional Grocery’s Loss
Dollar Stores’ Gain Is Traditional Grocery’s Loss
May 10, 2016  |  Regulation

As Dollar Stores of all stripes are increasing a booming business, analysts and experts are beginning to wonder if “big grocery” runs the risk of...

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