The early summer sales season is becoming its own retail holiday of sorts. Why are brands buying in?

Dollar General’s celebrity partnerships prove to be a winning and profitable strategy.

Dollar General has attracted an increasing number of middle- and high-income customers. Can it keep this trend going?

Dollar General share prices are soaring after the retailer released a sunny Q1 2025 earnings report.

Dolly Parton’s latest collaboration with Dollar General brings affordable Southern charm to customers via a new entertaining line.

Dollar General’s focus on literacy resulted in a huge donation to help communities.

Fetch and Dollar General Media Network are teaming up to provide advertisers a new route to appeal to customers.

Retailer Dollar General has a secret Penny List and there are deals aplenty all for one cent.

Dollar General has launched a new beauty campaign that doesn’t break the bank.

Dolly Parton’s Home Collection is a good reason to head over to your local Dollar General store.

DoorDash has partnered with more than 16,000 Dollar General stores on the DoorDash Marketplace to accept SNAP/EBT payments.

pOpshelf is slated for a significant cut in overall store count. Can its repositioning take hold, particularly as it faces increased competition?

Dollar General and Walmart have both issued warnings about the fiscal health of low-income consumers.

Dollar General is closing stores after performing a store portfolio review.

Dollar General is reducing its footprint in the United States.

Target is introducing more than 2,000 beauty products. Does it make sense for Target to further position itself around the beauty category?

Private label product sales grew substantially last year. Will more retailers and grocers hop aboard the trend?

Dollar General is offering items on DoorDash’s Marketplace app.

Dollar General posted earnings that beat expectations.

Dollar General is helping its customers save money for the holidays.

Dollar General is getting into the Thanksgiving game.

e.l.f. Beauty is taking a step downstream by opening up distribution to Dollar General. Do you see more benefits than risks?

Shares of Dollar General last Thursday tumbled by about 30% after a second-quarter shortfall raised concerns that dollar stores in general are losing share to Walmart, Target, ALDI, Temu, and others built around value. Is Dollar General taking the right steps to revive sales and improve its competitive position?

The staff of a Dollar General Store in Wisconsin all walked off their jobs at the same time over the weekend. They claim they are “overworked” and “underpaid.”

Across America, many communities are starting to question the impact of dollar stores. Is it possible to strike a balance between the economic advantages of dollar stores and the health detriments they pose, possibly through stronger regulations on product quality?

Temu’s popularity is rising and pushing the retailer against both Amazon and dollar stores as competition. If Temu were to match Amazon’s shipping services, do you think the company could make most dollar stores obsolete?

Dollar General reappointed Todd Vasos as CEO following four straight quarters of earnings shortfalls. Can bringing back Vasos as CEO help Dollar General stabilize the business?

Dollar General has rehired former CEO Todd Vasos amid slowing sales growth and safety concerns. Vasos, who led the company from…

Dollar General has extended its reach to all 48 contiguous U.S. states with the opening of a new store in Columbia…

Jim Cramer, a prominent financial commentator, has advised investors to steer clear of Dollar General stock following JPMorgan’s unusual downgrade of…

Dollar General is continuing its expansion into mainstream grocery through the addition of 100 more private label products to its Clover Valley line in 2023. How can the expansion of private brands help Dollar General further differentiate its value proposition from competitors?

Bargain hunters, known as “penny shoppers,” are scouring Dollar General stores for items priced at $0.01 each, a result of the…

Dollar General has only paid a fraction of the $21 million in fines it owes for hazardous working conditions, according to…

Dollar General slashed its outlook for the year after first-quarter results missed plan, raising concerns over the chain’s vulnerability to an economic downturn.

Dollar General is rolling out enhanced in-store layouts and broader offerings in the beauty category in approximately 300 stores as part of an initiative dubbed “Beauty Reinvention.”

Dollar General is testing mobile health clinics outside three stores in Middle Tennessee as the chain pursues its goal of becoming a major player in the retail healthcare sector. Do you expect medical clinics will be significant to Dollar General’s strategy to become a health and wellbeing destination point for its customers?

Dollar Tree yesterday said that its executive chairman, Richard Dreiling, has been named CEO of the company. He replaces Mike Witnyski who has led the company since last year after serving in leadership positions with Dollar Tree going back to 2010. What impact do you expect Rick Dreiling to have on Dollar Tree and Family Dollar?

A GroupM study estimates advertising accounts for five percent of Amazon.com’s revenues from commerce-related activity and rated that as a “reasonable target” for other retailers working to catch up. Is it realistic for retailers to set a goal of getting about five percent of sales from advertising?

Dollar General says it is not abandoning the pricing on its selection of $1 products, even as inflation continues to drive retail prices up nationwide. How important is the $1 price point to Dollar General shoppers?

In an inflationary era when customers are increasingly strapped for cash and hunting for discounts, a category of ultra-low-priced grocers that sell the unsellable is growing in popularity. Do you expect mainstream grocers to change their protocols for “unsellable” CPG items if inflation persists?

A recent study confirms that many of the most price-sensitive consumers are shopping more frequently at dollar stores as they’ve been unable to make ends meet by switching to cheaper brands or smaller sizes at regular supermarkets. Are dollar stores well positioned to grab grocery market share in the coming months?

Dollar General and Dollar Tree issued first quarter results this week illustrating that, when consumer prices rise and the economic going gets tough, people go shopping at their local dollar stores. Do you agree that dollar stores will have to absorb most of the higher costs they face in 2022 instead of passing them on to consumers?

Dollar General has emerged as one of the fastest growing retailers in the U.S. But as it has expanded its footprint, it has at times run afoul of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Are the number and types of issues found by OSHA at Dollar General common throughout retail or an outlier?

Dollar General is planning to accelerate the expansion of Popshelf, its concept targeting suburban women, with a goal of reaching 1,000 locations by 2025. What do you think of the overall appeal of Popshelf and the timing of the ramped-up launch?

Dollar General Corp. announced the launch of DG Market + pOshelf, a “store-within-a-store concept” combining DG Market, its larger format store focusing on groceries, and pOpshelf, its new non-consumables concept targeting a more affluent customer. Does DG Market + pOpshelf sound like a winner or does combining formats only confuse the consumer?

A shortage of truck drivers, which has contributed to the ongoing supply chain disruption, has been a challenge for over 15 years and is only expected to worsen.  Will ever-higher wages likely be most beneficial in solving trucker shortages or does retail have to reprioritize the career in other ways?

Dollar General plans to increase its selection of healthcare products and services across the communities it serves in rural America, making the chain more valuable to the locals in areas that have been traditionally underserved.  How challenging will it be for Dollar General to move into healthcare product categories and services in rural markets?

Retailers have announced some ambitious expansion plans that take advantage of pandemic-related closures. Perhaps not by accident, among the biggest are from chains that have minimal e-commerce presence. What conclusions should be drawn from the finding that chains adding the most physical stores in 2021 have a modest online presence?

Dollar General and Trader Joe’s understand that associates can’t stock shelves and serve customers in stores if they are out of work because they’ve contracted COVID-19. That’s why they’re offering to pay employees to get vaccinated. How likely are compensation offers to raise COVID-19 vaccine compliance among workers?

Dollar General is launching a new retail concept — popshelf — designed to appeal to consumers with more disposable income than those who shop in its namesake stores. Do you expect to see Dollar General grow the new popshelf store concept into a successful national chain?