A few years ago, some of my family members got interested in making fairy gardens. It started with my mom, and she then gave me a few items for my birthday one year to build my own fairy garden. Now, my children also set up their own fairy gardens each spring. Fairy gardening is a…
Two of the biggest dollar stores in America are Dollar General and Dollar Tree. You can’t go anywhere in America without running into at least one of them. Dollar General rules supreme in rural areas and also many urban areas, while Dollar Tree is especially popular in larger towns and bigger cities. Some people might…
Most stores have their own private labels. Private labels — also called house brands — are brands specific to that store. Dollar General, for example, stocks certain food products under the Clover Valley label. Dollar Tree sells electronics under E-Circuit. Family Dollar sells cereal under Chestnut Hill. Some shoppers, perhaps understandably, confuse those private labels…
Today Dollar Tree issued a press release discussing its finances for the third quarter of the 2021 fiscal year (July through September). The company discussed several things, but the biggest news among them was the announcement of a new $1.25 price point on the “majority” of Dollar Tree’s products. The company says that this will…
As part of our efforts to cover dollar store products, we now have a page on YouTube. We’ll be sharing occasional videos on dollar store products, complementing what we write about on our site. You can find our YouTube page right here.
It’s no secret that there are plenty of dollar stores — also sometimes called thrift stores — around the country. While most of them don’t sell as much for a dollar anymore, the name still hangs around on the outside of stores. Some people might wonder if any of these stores are under the same…
People who like to invest are often looking for the next thing. What can they put their money in that will potentially make them more money? While the stock market has risks, rising stock values compared with low interest rates on interest-bearing bank accounts can make for an attractive option. Many people know that Dollar…
Dollar stores are having a moment right now. Truth be told, they’ve been around for decades, but in recent years we’ve seen unprecedented growth in the small store space, both in urban and suburban areas and in rural America. While some people thought the end of the recession during the late 2000s and early 2010s…
This piece first appeared on Aldi Reviewer. When it comes to retail, most people tend to pay attention to the ways in which the internet has transformed how we shop. Thanks in no small part to the online juggernaut Amazon, online shopping is now at least as popular as shopping in person, with most major…
This is the first post in what is an experiment: namely to see if there is a market for product reviews of dollar store products. In the days to come, we’ll be focusing on Dollar General, with an eye toward other stores like Family Dollar, Dollar Tree, and Five Below. Stay tuned.