The dollar store war appears to have finally come to an end today, as the shareholders for Family Dollar overwhelmingly voted in favor of a smaller, but safer, takeover bid from Dollar Tree, effectively crushing the heart of aggressive suitor Dollar General. [More]
Dollar Store Wars
Could Family Dollar Be Reconsidering Its Decision To Pick Dollar Tree Over Dollar General?
By 12.23.14
The decision by the Family Dollar to start and then immediately adjourn a shareholder meeting today without voting on two proposed takeover deals may be a sign of a change of heart in the dollar store soap opera. [More]
Report: FTC Thinks Stores With ‘Dollar’ In Names Mostly Compete With Each Other
By 11.19.14
Most people think of a dollar store as a store where every item costs $1. This is not the case for Family Dollar, a discount chain, or and Dollar General, one of the suitors seeking to acquire it. Dollar Tree, the company’s other suitor, is a traditional dollar store. As the chains compete to merge, there’s one important question: who do these stores compete with? [More]
Things Are Getting Hostile In The Dollar Wars: Dollar General Takes Family Dollar Bid To Shareholders
By 9.10.14
You’d think after two rejections and the proverbial cold shoulder Dollar General would pick up its dignity and go back to hawking dollar times. But no, the dollar store giant just won’t give up on its dream of making dollar love with Family Dollar; this time its taking the hostile route and bringing its thick wallet directly to the smaller store’s shareholders. [More]
