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Whether more people are partying at home to save some dough, or flocking to Dollar Tree from other stores for cheap supplies, Dollar Tree, based in Chesapeake, Va., loves the fiesta. The chain, which operates about 3,700 stores in 48 states, saw its profits rise 51%, to $56.9 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dollar Stores: A Great Price for the Recession | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

Dollar Tree tends to look for locations in suburban shopping areas, near a Walmart, Target, Sam's Club or a large grocery chain, in an effort to lure bargain-seeking customers from these stores. "If we are where the shoppers are anyway, it's a win-win for the customer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dollar Stores: A Great Price for the Recession | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

Dollar Tree seems to have a knack for good timing. "They saw the recession coming," says Brent Rystrom, analyst at Feltl & Co., "and started selling more non-discretionary consumable products like food and health and beauty items." The store now sells Hormel sausages and Green Giant frozen vegetables, and over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dollar Stores: A Great Price for the Recession | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

The half-decade before the financial crisis was a go-go time for the global economy. Consumption reached unprecedented heights; so did oil prices and shipping rates. And that frantic buying and selling was a boon for manufacturing. As U.S. consumers flexed their credit cards for flat-panel TVs and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Threat to Global Recovery: Too Many Factories | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

A slowdown on the world's assembly lines is a normal part of any recession. As demand shrinks, so must production. But now that the recession is easing, there is considerable debate among economists about whether manufacturers will be rehiring workers and restarting assembly lines anytime soon. Despite aggressive downsizing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Threat to Global Recovery: Too Many Factories | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

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