Have you heard the important information about Family Dollar Stores?

"Dollar Tree offloads Family Dollar chain for $1 billion, ending a decade-long effort to find a fit."

Dollar Tree’s decade-long effort to fold the Family Dollar chain into its business is ending after agreeing to sell the bargain store chain to a pair of private equity firms for $1 billion.

Dollar Tree Inc. bought Family Dollar with its over 7,000 stores ten years ago for more than $8 billion.

Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData, said that Dollar Tree struggled with supply chain issues, poor store locations and other operational difficulties ever since making the acquisition.

“Basically, Dollar Tree bit off far more than...
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Are some Stores Return Policies justified?

"2024 Return Policy Survey: SOME RETAILERS TIGHTEN RETURNS."

Some mainstream retail chains tweaked their return policies this year by shortening the return window for regular or holiday purchases or by adding other restrictions according to Consumer World's 21st annual return policy survey. Target, Kohl's, Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy and Macy's were among the stores making some changes.

Though some are shorter this year, most stores continue to offer extended holiday return periods whereby gifts purchased as early as October first, such as in Walmart's case, can be returned until mid- to late-January, considerably beyond the normal deadline. What hasn't changed is the...
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