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Dollar General just showed how bad things are for budget-conscious shoppers
Dollar General's earnings show that low-income consumers are suffering — and that it can't make as …
Alex Bitter
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Auto parts and dollar store execs warn that low-income Americans are stretched thin and running on borrowed time
Auto parts and dollar stores serve a lot of customers who earn less than $50,000, and the squeeze o…
Dominick Reuter
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America has a shoplifting epidemic. The thieves aren't who you think.
Suburban shoppers like the "Parmesan Bandit" are pilfering everything from tape measures to blocks …
Emily Stewart
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Dollar General has shut down self-checkout at a whooping 12,000 stores in the last few months. Here's why.
Dollar General removed self-checkout from 12,000 stores this spring as the company fights retail th…
Alex Bitter
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Dollar Tree is considering selling problem child Family Dollar
Value giant Dollar Tree is looking at "strategic alternatives" for Family Dollar, which could inclu…
Grace Dean,Mary Hanbury
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James Cameron says the reality of artificial general intelligence is 'scarier' than the fiction of it
James Cameron said that, unlike in his movies, it is private corporations that will develop advance…
Lauren Edmonds
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The end of convenience: What the downfall of Walgreens means for America
Chain pharmacies are flashing warning signs and shuttering stores. 7-Eleven is axing locations. The…
Emily Stewart
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Dollar General is taking checkout back out of your hands because of theft
Dollar General is taking away self-checkout at 300 stores and adding an employee-assisted model at …
Alex Bitter
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Dollar General is taking a key strategy from Costco as it aims to lower costs
Dollar General is slashing the number of of unique items it sells with the expectation that simplic…
Dominick Reuter,Alex Bitter
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Putin's dollar problem is on clear display at the BRICS summit, starting with the moment guests land at the airport
Mastercard and Visa halted operations in Russia. Most Russian banks only take US dollars or euros t…
Huileng Tan
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Photos of trucks full of leaking detergent and spoiled food reveal a big challenge for Family Dollar
Family Dollar stores receive truckloads of damaged and crushed products. It's a big problem for the…
Alex Bitter
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'The million-dollar question of this election': Women's health startups are confronting a shifting legal landscape
Startups offering medication abortions, contraception, and period-tracking apps are preparing for t…
Melia Russell,Rebecca Torrence
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America's absurd war on 'organized retail crime'
Target and CVS call them criminal masterminds. Most are homeless or mentally ill.
Amy Martyn
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Dollar Tree seems to finally be admitting defeat on Family Dollar
Dollar Tree said it will close nearly 1,000 Family Dollar locations over the next three years. A la…
Mary Hanbury
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Dollar General is having its own self-checkout reckoning
The discount retailer is beefing up staff, and said not having workers at checkout contributed to w…
Dominick Reuter
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The great myth about dollar stores
Dollar General and Dollar Tree were supposed to do well in good times and bad. Thanks to inflation …
Alex Bitter
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Sam's Club is boosting its starting wage to $16 and speeding up raises for nearly 100,000 workers
The average hourly wage at Walmart-owned Sam's Club has increased by nearly 30% in the past five ye…
Dominick Reuter
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New dating apps and social-networking startups are emerging. Read the pitch decks 6 used to raise millions of dollars.
Social networking and dating startups used these pitch decks to raise Series A and seed venture rou…
Sydney Bradley
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A Walmart exec explains the surprising reason low-income shoppers pay for a delivery membership
Shoppers who receive government assistance are "doing the math" on gas and public transportation co…
Dominick Reuter
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Amazon's new budget line of food products suggests things aren't getting better for the American shopper
A new bargain grocery brand from Amazon suggests US shoppers will be pinching pennies for a while t…