Dollar General has 7100 stores and planning to open 695 stores in 2005! Sales are strong! Mass Retailers are starting to make $1 sections of the store. Is it the Name: Family Dollar, Dollar General, Dollar Tree. Going back to the turn of the century are we not: 5 and dime, Ben Franklin 5 and 10.
Article in Wall Street Journal says in Nov sales of Dollar General increased 3.4% while Wal-Mart edged .7%.