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Dollar Tree, a popular discount retail chain, saw its shares drop by 10% in premarket trading after cutting its full-year outlook. The company cited increasing pressures on middle-income and higher-income customers as the reason behind this adjustment. Chief Financial Officer Jeff Davis mentioned that the company had to revise its forecast to reflect a more conservative outlook, as well as costs associated with converting recently acquired 99 Cents Only stores.
One of the major factors affecting Dollar Tree’s earnings per share was higher costs related to general liability claims. The company has been dealing with increased expenses to reimburse, settle, and litigate claims stemming from customer accidents and incidents at their stores. Additionally, softer sales were reported as customers across income levels became more cautious with their purchases.
This news comes on the heels of Dollar General, another major discount retailer, slashing its full-year sales and profit outlook. Dollar General CEO Todd Vasos attributed the weak sales to a financially constrained core customer base. Dollar stores, in general, have been feeling the pinch as shoppers with lower incomes make tradeoffs due to higher food and everyday costs.
Despite these challenges, Dollar Tree saw a 0.7% increase in same-store sales in the quarter. While Dollar Tree stores experienced a 1.3% rise in same-store sales, Family Dollar witnessed a 0.1% decline. The company has also been facing company-specific hurdles, such as the closure of approximately 1,000 Family Dollar stores and the potential sale of the Family Dollar brand.
Since its acquisition of Family Dollar in 2015, Dollar Tree has been striving to strengthen the chain’s grocery focus and compete with Dollar General more effectively. However, the company’s shares have faced a significant decline this year, reaching a 52-week low recently.
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