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Dollar Store Model and Success Confirmed?

Wal-Mart to Develop Stores Modeled after Dollar Stores.

By Jonathan Hipp | Updated on March 14, 2012

A lingering question over the past few years has concerned the viability of dollar stores recent success. As the recession forced many consumers to become more cash conscious, dollar stores enjoyed heightened sales and new expansion. Though net lease investors were originally skeptical, the continued success of tenants like Dollar General – whose credit rating was recently increased to BB+ by S&P – has gone a long way in lending the trend creditability. Furthermore, as if receiving a blessing from the Pope himself, Wal-Mart has developed plans for new, smaller stores, similar to dollar stores called “Wal-Mart Express”. These developments, along with the lingering economic quagmire, point to a stable future for dollar stores.  

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