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NEW YORK -- Retail sales warmed up last month as consumers began to take advantage of their tax rebate checks as well as price markdowns on summer inventories. 'Mass retailers [...]

MATTHEWS, N.C. -- Unfavorable trends with gross margins and operating costs held Family Dollar Stores Inc. to a single-digit, bottom-line advance in the third quarter of fiscal 2001, despite a [...]

MATTHEWS, N.C. -- Although sales and earnings continued to move ahead at a record pace, Family Dollar Stores Inc. saw net profit margins weaken during fiscal 2001's second quarter and [...]

MATTHEWS, N.C. -- First quarter sales and profits moved ahead at a double-digit pace at Family Dollar Stores Inc. Earnings for the period ended November 25 rose 13.3% to $41.5 [...]

MATTHEWS, N.C. -- Family Dollar recently wrapped up fiscal 2000 with the kind of financial flourish that has brought it to the attention of retail analysts (see page 4). The [...]

MATTHEWS, S.C. -- Continuing its winning ways, Family Dollar Stores Inc. closed the books on fiscal 2000 and the fourth quarter in impressive fashion. The extreme-value discount store chain posted [...]

NEW YORK -- Price markdowns on larger-than-expected inventories of spring and summer apparel helped temper many retailers' August sales. The challenge of clearing out excess summer clothing to create shelf [...]

NEW YORK -- While overall retail sales accelerated last month, surpassing economists' forecasts, results were uneven across different industry sectors and from chain to chain. The 0.7% increase in retail [...]

MATTHEWS, N.C. -- Continuing its strong financial momentum, Family Dollar Stores Inc. rolled to new highs in sales and net income during the three- and nine-month periods ended May 27. [...]

MOODY'S ASSIGNS RATING TO DOLLAR TREE DEBT: Moody's Investors Service assigned a Ba1 rating to Dollar Tree Inc.'s proposed senior secured $1.25 billion term revolving credit facility maturing 2020, the [...]

MATTHEWS, N.C. -- Defying the difficult economic environment, Family Dollar Stores Inc. turned in double-digit gains in sales and earnings for both the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended August [...]

MATTHEWS, N.C. -- Family Dollar Stores started off fiscal 2002 with record sales and earnings. The discount store operator registered a 21.1% rise in net income to $50.2 million over [...]

MATTHEWS, N.C. -- Although net margins eroded somewhat, Family Dollar Stores Inc. generated record sales and earnings for the quarter and fiscal year ended September 1. The chain posted a [...]

FAMILY DOLLAR RAISES $250 MILLION: Family Dollar Stores Inc. has raised $250 million through a private placement of senior notes to a group of institutional-accredited investors. The proceeds will be [...]

MATTHEWS, N.C. -- Consistency and change were the twin themes of Family Dollar's fiscal 2002 annual report, and those characteristics exemplify the company's financial performance. While fourth quarter and yearend [...]

FAMILY DOLLAR ANNOUNCES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND: The board of directors of Family Dollar Stores Inc. has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on the company's common stock of 7.5 cents per [...]

MATTHEWS, N.C. -- Family Dollar Stores Inc. posted double-digit gains in sales and earnings for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2003. Net income climbed 14% to [...]

Overnight it seems, dollar stores have become the most successful segment of the mass market retailing industry. Not just the most successful, but arguably the most intriguing--and possibly the most [...]

MATHEWS, N.C. -- Family Dollar Stores Inc. parlayed record sales into a double-digit rise in profits in the first quarter of fiscal 2003, beating analysts' expectations by a penny. Net [...]

MATTHEWS, N.C. -- Family Dollar Stores Inc. posted its 26th straight quarter of increased earnings during the three months ended August 31 and closed the books on yet another year [...]

MATTHEWS, N.C. -- Despite lower gross margins, Family Dollar Stores Inc. rang up another quarter of double-digit gains in sales and earnings in the period ended June 1. Net income [...]

MATTHEWS, N.C. -- Family Dollar Stores Inc. saw sales and earnings growth slow during the second quarter of fiscal 2002, reflective of an extra week in the prior-year period and [...]

MATTHEWS, N.C. -- Family Dollar Stores Inc. has shown that its version of extreme-value retailing works well in all economic climates. The company recently posted another year of record sales [...]