Business Insider/Hayley Peterson
A Dollar General store in Richmond, Virginia.
Retailers are closing thousands of stores in one of the biggest waves of closures in years.But there's one company bucking that trend: Dollar General.
Instead of shutting down stores, Dollar General is opening hundreds more locations.
The discount chain says it plans to open 1,000 stores this year, bringing its total store count to more than 14,300.
The chain announced its plans after reporting that sales grew nearly 14% in the most recent quarter, to $6.01 billion.
We went to a Dollar General store in Richmond, Virginia, to find out what makes it so successful.