Dollar stores make up nearly half of all new store openings in the U.S.

Re:Dollar stores make up nearly half of all new store openin... by lostandbored on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:09PM (#28043844)

Yeah, as someone who grew up (and still is) lower middle class near rural areas, DGs and the like served a niche that would be hard-press to be filled by other companies, national or local.

So I can't really blame a company for taking over a market underserved. They are a symptom of larger changes in the economy and society, that which one SHOULD criticize.

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Re:Dollar stores make up nearly half of all new store openin... by etempleton on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:20PM (#28043935)

Yeah, I don’t think this is the dollar store chain’s fault. They are serving a niche. The problem is that this is such a growing niche, that well, it isn’t really a niche anymore.

The problem is poor and low to middle income folks everywhere in America seem to be getting poorer.

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Re:Dollar stores make up nearly half of all new store openin... by lostandbored on Monday August 02, 2021 @11:41PM (#28045474)

Agreed. It is honestly, a failure of government policy, from the local level to the state and to the Federal government.

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