If Dollar General is your go-to for affordable household staples, you may soon need a backup plan. The discount chain is ...

Discount "dollar stores" were booming not so long ago, reaching into small towns and urban neighborhoods across the country.

Family Dollar has just been bought, and the amount of the purchase is staggering. The company was purchased 10 years ago for ...

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Dollar Tree is selling off its Family Dollar stores for about $1 billion in a move the company says strengthens both ...

Last year, Dollar Tree announced that it planned to close hundreds of Family Dollar stores. Dollar Tree had been scouting ...

Dollar General stores are next on the retail chopping block ... we believe this decision better positions us to serve our customers and communities.” According to Dollar General's website ...

Family Dollar has around 8,000 US stores, catering to low-income customers predominantly in cities with prices typically ranging from $1 to $10. The chain has struggled in recent years.

Family Dollar is being sold to Brigade Capital Management and Macellum Capital Management — two private equity firms.

Store traffic in Dollar Tree stores rose 0.7% and shoppers ... Lower-income customers "need us particularly to make their wallet go farther, in between paychecks," Creedon said.