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Family Dollar Execs: Shoppers Couldn't Afford Toys This Holiday Season

The Huffington Post | Alice Hines | Posted 01.03.2013 | Business

For the poorest Americans, this year's holiday season offered little respite from the lingering Great Recession. Despite signs that the American econo...

Store Sells Shopper Laxative-Spiked Soda

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 10.19.2012 | Home

Talk about crappy customer service. A prank meant for an employee at a Family Dollar store in Kansas City, Missouri, took a wrong turn in September...

Where Are You Buying Your Groceries?

Phil Lempert | Posted 05.21.2012 | Home
Phil Lempert

Where do you shop and why?

Desperate Consumers Lining This Company's Pockets

Flickr user daysofthundr46 | Alice Hines | Posted 02.23.2012 | Business

Dollar stores are thriving in this weak recovery as struggling Americans look for deals on the basics. Dollar Tree, the nation's third largest doll...

Alice Hines

Dollar Stores' Cheap Food Expansion Hits Not-In-My-Backyard Neighbors

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 01.11.2012 | Business

With food prices rising and incomes going nowhere, dollar stores are thriving, luring squeezed customers -- many from the middle class -- with discoun...

Struggling Americans Avoiding All But Essential Items At Dollar Stores

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 09.11.2011 | Business

Some Americans have become concerned enough about their finances that even a spending spree at the local dollar store now seems excessive. Followi...

Dollar Stores Are Taking Walmart's Lunch Money

Daily Finance | Mercedes Cardona | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Thrifty shoppers looking for low prices on basics are frequently passing up the big boxes of Walmart for the tighter aisles of their local dollar stor...

Dollar Stores Show Biggest Gain In Shopper Visits

nytimes.com | STEPHANIE CLIFFORD | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Dollar stores have shown the biggest gain in shopper visits over the last year out of all the retailers that sell basic consumer goods, according to m...

Robber Thwarted By Equipment Malfunction

The Gazette | JAKOB RODGERS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

A man's plans to rob a Colorado Springs business were foiled Monday by a cash register that malfunctioned. A clerk at Family Dollar, 3069 S. Academ...

Toy Dart Gun RECALL: Family Dollar Recalls 1.8 Million Toys

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

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Four-Year-Old Breaks Into Store To Play With Toys (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Scroll down for video BEAUMONT, Texas - Police called to a variety store by a burglar alarm overnight found a toddler inside, playing with the toys. ...