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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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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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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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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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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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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…
Dominick Reuter
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Retailers are highlighting two very different realities emerging among squeezed US shoppers
While Walmart, T.J. Maxx, and Nordstrom say middle-income shoppers are still spending, Dollar Gener…
Alex Bitter
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'We are nothing but numbers to them, fat to be trimmed off': General Motors employee reacts to layoffs
A General Motors employee took to LinkedIn and shared his experience of getting laid off. He reveal…
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This is what gold's record price actually reveals, according to experts
The price of gold has beaten all expectations for the year, and the forces driving it higher don't …
Dominick Reuter
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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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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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Fast-food price hikes reach 'tipping point' as chains try to reset their menus with value deals and combos
To attract cash-strapped diners amid sliding sales, fast-food chains have been turning to combo dea…
Grace Dean
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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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I'm a Costco superfan. The prices are hard to beat and you can get pretty much anything there — I've even booked my mom a cruise.
Michael McKinlay, a self-proclaimed Costco "superfan," has used it to buy hockey sticks, hire renta…
Grace Dean
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NATO must learn lessons from Ukraine to keep its air superiority, US general says
NATO needs to learn lessons from the ongoing war in Ukraine to avoid the "terrible" cost of a stale…
Thibault Spirlet
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Frustrated Dollar Tree shoppers threaten to ditch the store after it announces $7 items
Dollar Tree's plan to add items up to $7 is pushing customers to other retailers, such as Walmart.