United States of Dollar Stores – dollar stores see a rise in households making $70,000 a year or higher as a customer base. What does the rise of dollar stores say about the middle class?
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Paul said:
Dollar stores are on the rise. Yes, but even more on the rise is Freecycle. People are choosing to give stuff away free and pick up stuff they need. It is amazing to see all household goods being given away.
February 12th, 2012 at 7:31 am -
Blizz said:
I am one of those people that used to pay full price at name brand retailers back in 2007 before the “Great Recession”. Lost my good paying job in 2008 and had to re-evaluate spending habits and value of a dollar. Back on the totem pole thankfully with a good job in my industry, but never again will I pay full retail price for everyday household disposable goods. Here in California the cost of living is high so you have to cut corners to actually save money for retirement, a rainy day fund, and the “sunshine tax” inflated rents and fuel costs. 99 Cents Stores are a great place to buy paper towels, toilet paper, cleaning supplies, and random household repair items. Not much in the way of food but that is what Trader Joes is for.
February 12th, 2012 at 9:25 pm -
bill hopen said:
Dollar stores are positioned closer than big stores saving gas and time, they are quick in and out convenience shops without the typical 25% convenience store mark-up. However THEY NO LONGER SAVE YOU MONEY! in past two years you see package sizes shrink 10-25% and prices rise by 25-50% adding up to almost a price double. Also LOW QUALITY products are of dubious value for price.
to keep my business, dollar stores have to delivery VALUE and savings…I find myself buying less and less each trip there now and making fewer trips to Dollar stores now as I see value and savings shrink
February 13th, 2012 at 6:40 am -
brian tracy said:
Dollar General and Family Dollar are NOT dollar stores ,, the one from the 1980′s I remember is “Everything’s a Dollar” (corp name Value Merchants , symbol was VLMR) and today the dominant dollar store is “Dollar Tree” (DLTR) … http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=DLTR+Interactive#symbol=dltr;range=5y;compare=;indicator=volume;charttype=area;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined;
April 29th, 2012 at 7:00 pm
