Couple say
dollar store makes sense
 Posted
on Sun, Nov. 28, 2004
New owners give up other careers, say the market is
favorable
LEIGH PRESSLEY
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
GASTONIA - For
some folks, this is a time of year to reconnect with family and friends,
celebrate with neighbors and reflect on blessings.
For others, it's an
overwhelming stress-fest, consumed by juggling tasks including decorating
the house, mailing holiday cards, baking cookies, attending parties and
buying presents.
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Store News 2
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THE BUCK SHOPS HERE
Dollar stores, once the domain of lower-income households, are reaching out
to -- and snagging -- higher-income customers
Sunday, December 05, 2004
By Ronette King
Business writer
Steve Dooley is a modern sort of guy taking care of himself in a modern
retail way.
A part-time graduate student who works two part-time jobs to support
himself, he's a regular shopper at the Family Dollar store on South
Carrollton Avenue, cruising the aisles among the college students and
working moms.
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Police seek suspect in dollar store heist
ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2005
SPRINGDALE — Police are looking for a man who they believe
tied up a store clerk Monday evening after robbing a store.
No one was injured in the robbery at the Dollar General Store at 507 E.
Emma Ave., Springdale police Cpl. Chris McCarville said Tuesday. The incident
occurred at 7:15 p.m.
The clerk said the man walked into the store and went directly to the
office in the back of the building, reports state. The man then pulled a knife
and demanded money from the clerk.
He tied the clerk up after stealing an undetermined amount of money,
McCarville said. She was found a short time later by another employee.
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Dollar Tree plants a new seed: Occasions party-planning
store
CHESAPEAKE - Dollar Tree Stores Inc. is testing a new concept called
Occasions that specializes in products for parties and events.
Occasions took over a former Dollar Tree store space at Volvo Parkway Shopping
Center, just up the road from the retailer's headquarters, in late September.
It's the only store of its kind, for now. It focuses on party planning - from
invitations and decorations to plates, cups and napkins - with extras such as
fancy chocolates, candles and toys thrown in.
Occasions isn't beholden to the "everything's $1" mantra of its company's
namesake chain. Its prices range from 49 cents for a sheet of scrapbooking paper
to $83.95 for a pair of crystal champagne flutes.
"With the price point restriction lifted, we can get a little more creative,"
said Tom Mills, the Dollar Tree vice president overseeing the new concept.
Occasions carries plastic tabletop items, for example, that would be too
expensive for Dollar Tree to sell for $1, Mills said.
Occasions is the first original concept for Dollar Tree since its own founding
in 1986 as a spinoff from the toy store chain that preceded it. Dollar Tree,
which sells plenty of gift wrap and paper plates in its own 3,232 stores, saw
the party arena as an underserved market, Mills said.
A pack of 20 fancy gold-colored plastic plates costs $8.49 at Occasions.
Cocktail napkins featuring a margarita glass and the phrase "Livin' the lime
life!" runs $2.29 for eight. A $14.99 price tag hangs on a pi?ata shaped like
popular children's character Dora the Explorer.
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