Dollar General Corp

Mary Gundel was fired from her managerial position at Dollar General after she exposed the retailer via TikTok for unsafe working conditions.

Dollar General has been publicly traded for most of its history, with a brief period of being privately held. Who owns the discount retailer?

A mom is blasting the Dollar General store her son works at, saying that they made her son clock out and still work additional hours.

Dollar General was recently fined nearly $1.3 million for “habitually disregarding workplace safety.” The discount retailer has has been hit with more than $6.5 million in penalties since 2017.

Discount retailer Dollar General plans to open 1,000 Popshelf locations in the future by 2025, with 100 new stores planned for 2022.

In 2014, Dollar General reported net sales of $18.9 billion, an increase of 8% compared to sales of $17.5 billion in 2013.

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The NLRB filed a complaint last January. It accused Walmart of violating labor laws. The NLRB claims that the retailer acted against workers who joined unions.

As of September 19, 2016, Walmart (WMT) was trading at a 12-month forward PE multiple of 16.6x, which is slightly above its YTD average forward PE of 16.4x.

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The majority of analysts covering Target (TGT) remain neutral on the stock.

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Dollar General (DG) stock was up 1.4% in the pre-market trading session today as the company declared strong third-quarter earnings.

Adverse foreign currency movements due to an appreciating US dollar have reduced Walmart’s top line by $12.3 billion in the last three quarters.

Walmart’s reported operating income margin declined from 5.6% in fiscal 2015 to 5.0% in fiscal 2016.

Costco posted record results for fiscal 2015. Revenue grew by 3.2% to $116.2 billion, and net income rose by 15.5% to $2.4 billion.

Target had upbeat revenue performance in fiscal 4Q16 and 2016. Store traffic was up by 1.3% YoY in fiscal 2016, trending in positive territory in all four quarters of the year.

Dollar General (DG) surged about 8% in premarket trading today after crushing expectations in its second-quarter results. It also raised its guidance for fiscal 2019.

Wells Fargo downgraded Dollar General (DG) stock to “market perform” from “outperform” on July 25. It remains positive about the company’s prospects.

The US dollar industry is highly concentrated and dominated by two major players, Dollar General (DG) and Dollar Tree (DLTR).

Dollar General (DG) saw its top line rise 8.1% YoY (year-over-year) to $5.6 billion, driven by an 8.9% rise in demand for consumables.

The majority of analysts covering Target (TGT) are neutral on the stock. Analysts’ consensus rating on TGT was 2.9 on a scale of 1.0 (strong buy) to 5.0 (strong sell).

Dollar General’s (DG) business strategy revolves around driving profitable topline growth while enhancing its low-cost operator position and capturing new growth opportunities.

Dollar General (DG) must maintain an efficient supply chain in order to juggle hundreds of products in over 13,000 stores in 44 states across the United States.

Dollar stores follow a small-box format to maintain low costs. Target customers are typically lower- and middle-income families.

Dollar General (DG) operates dollar stores that offer a variety of inexpensive merchandise, including home products, seasonal products, consumables, and apparel.

Headquartered in Tennessee, Dollar General (DG) is the largest discount store retailer in the United States in terms of total sales.

Dollar General (DG) is the largest discount store retailers in the United States in terms of total revenue generated.

In fiscal 4Q16, Dollar General’s (DG) top line increased 13.7% year-over-year to $6 billion.

Target’s (TGT) Signature Categories include Style, Baby, Kids, and Wellness. Target’s Signature Categories outpaced the total business by 3 percentage points in fiscal 2Q16.

Dollar Tree (DLTR) (XRT) (XLY) is pretty consistent for extracting organic growth from its business, seeing growth in the mid-single digits over the years.

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What starts as a competitive strategy for Wal-Mart may also affect the general level of grocery price inflation in the United States.

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