“Very little has to go right for sentiment to improve,” says ... company scaled back its use of self-checkout. Dollar General also knows its customer base—one unfamiliar to most Wall Street ...

“That customer is shopping at Walmart ... negatively impacted low-income consumer sentiment.” Other analysts, on the call, theorized that Dollar General’s “small-box” model (versus ...

“Looking ahead, we are uniquely well-positioned to serve our customer in a variety of economic environments,” Todd Vasos, Dollar General ... Consumer sentiment came in at 52.2 in May ...

Gross margin increased 78 basis points to 31%, helped by lower shrink and higher inventory markups. Shrink is the amount of merchandise that gets lost, damaged, spoiled, stolen, or just generally ...

While that's good news for Dollar General, it could be a bad sign for the economy when more wealthy Americans start shopping ...

“Dollar General also needs to be held accountable for failing to invest in the very Black and low-income communities that make up the backbone of their customer base,” he said. “This isn’t ...

Dollar General has a particularly clear view into the pocketbooks of low-income Americans, given those shoppers are the discount retailer's core customer base. And some are so financially pinched ...

may have bolstered investor sentiment. Together, these developments likely supported Dollar General's 33% share price increase over the last quarter. The substantial price movement notably ...

Shares of Dollar General Corp. were plunging toward their ... which the company said was partially because its core customer remained “financially constrained.” While same-store sales, or ...

To develop its sophisticated forecasting system, Dollar General worked with Deloitte to prioritize first-party data and offer tailored, personalized customer experiences. This resulted in a ...

But there’s another technique that captures customer sentiment, and it has become ever more relevant in our online age: Count clicks. That’s why this year, we’re adding a new metric to our ...