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Roughly a decade ago, both Dollar Tree Inc. and archrival Dollar General Corp. were bidding for Family Dollar as the rapidly growing dollar-chain industry opened lots of new stores. When Dollar ...

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 ...

Here’s what’s going down in the discount aisle. Dollar Tree is officially selling Family Dollar to two private equity firms — Brigade Capital Management and Macellum Capital Management ...

Dollar Tree is selling Family Dollar to a pair of private equity firms for $1 billion after unsuccessfully trying to incorporate the bargain chain for a decade. Dollar Tree Inc. had been scouting ...

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/Dollar Tree) Dollar Tree said on Wednesday that a group of private equity investors would acquire its Family Dollar business for about $1 billion, ending its nearly yearlong search ...

It was probably the right idea for Dollar Tree to salvage as much money as it could by selling it. Family Dollar and Dollar General are fairly similar retail concepts: Both are attempting to fill ...

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.