AutoZone, Dollar General and Tractor Supply to grow store counts
January 20, 2017
AutoZone, Dollar General and Tractor Supply Company have joined Walmart in announcing organizational expansion plans. AutoZone plans to open about 150 new stores this year, about the same as in 2016. Dollar General expects to open about 1,000 new locations while Tractor Supply will add somewhere between 100 and 120 stores in 2017.
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