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Dollar Tree is ending its short-lived and ill-fated Family Dollar experiment, offloading the discount brand for $1 billion – ...

Analysts cite a number of reasons for Family Dollar’s difficulties, including low-income shoppers who are wrestling with ...

Dollar Tree is selling off its Family Dollar stores. Meanwhile, Dollar Tree is seeing increased demand among higher-income shoppers.

Nearly 10 years after buying Family Dollar for about $9 billion, Dollar Tree announced it would sell the retailer to two private equity firms. By Claire Moses Dollar Tree is selling the Family ...

Dollar Tree on Wednesday said it is selling Family Dollar for $1 billion to a pair of private equity firms, a decade after it bought the discount chain for more than $8 billion. In a statement ...

Dollar Tree is selling Family Dollar to private equity firms for $1 billion after acquiring the chain in 2015 for $9 billion. The company says the sale will allow it to focus on growing the Dollar ...

Dollar Tree is selling off the beleaguered Family Dollar for $1 billion — a fraction of the $8.5 billion it was bought for 10 years ago Dollar Tree is selling off the beleaguered Family Dollar ...

to bring in lower-priced items and to set up Family Dollar and Dollar Tree combo stores. It tried remodeling stores, selling more party supplies and alcohol, and adding freezer and cooler space.

Family Dollar stores were in worse condition than Dollar Tree management expected, and early strategies to improve sales, such as selling beer, fell short. Many Family Dollar stores were located ...