Discount Distortion: How Dollar Stores Actually Charge You More
Filed under: Wal-Mart Stores, Target Corp, Retail, Dollar General, Consumer Ally, Shopping
Thanks to the recession and its long, slow recovery, discount stores are in vogue, and the hottest of the markdown merchants are dollar stores like Family Dollar (FDO), Dollar Tree (DLTR), and Dollar General (DG). Their revenues are exploding, earnings are off the chart, and stock prices are on the rise.
That’s good news for investors. But what about everyday shoppers? Are they really getting their money’s worth when shopping at these discount stores?
You would think the biggest discounts…
Discount Distortion: How Dollar Stores Actually Charge You More originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-06-25T13:07:00Z.
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