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daniel June 20, 2016 Dividend, Dollar General (NYSE: DG), Dollar General is not a Value Investment, Dollar General’s Growth, Dollar General’s Reckless Expansion Plans, Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR), Is Dollar General Making Money?, Is Dollar General’s Growth Sustainable?, Is It Family Dollar All Over Again?

Is Dollar General’s Growth Sustainable?

Dollar General (NYSE: DG) just reported another quarter of phenomenal revenue growth. That raises the question: is the company making enough money to sustain; or justify, its ambitious expansion plans?

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daniel April 1, 2016April 1, 2016 Aldi California, Aldi is a planning a massive expansion in the United States, Aldi keeps overhead low, Aldi Southern California, Aldi’s Expansion, Bad Time for Dollar General, Dollar General (NYSE: DG), Dollar General opened around 900 new stores in 2015, Dollar General’s cash and short-term investments, Dollar General’s impressive revenue growth, Dollar General’s revenues, How Aldi Threatens Dollar General, Is It Family Dollar All Over Again?, Kroger (NYSE: KR), Mr. Money Mustache, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), Where’s the Cash?

Is Aldi a Threat to Dollar General?

My advice to investors is to stay away from Dollar General because it is playing a dangerous game of expansion in an increasingly complex and competitive market. That market is made all the more dangerous by the growing presence of such an aggressive rival as Aldi.

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daniel November 2, 2015January 30, 2016 Are There Too Many Discount Stores?, Dollar Tree Stores (NASDAQ: DLTR), Five Below (NASDAQ: FIVE), Five Below simply lacks the cash to compete in a radically changing discount marketplace., Five Below: Is This Discounter Growing Too Fast?, Investors should stay away from dollar stores, Is It Family Dollar All Over Again?, Just how many discount stores can the United States support?, The Trends Are Not Good for Five Below

Five Below: Is This Discounter Growing Too Fast?

One danger that online retailers such as Amazon.com present to Five Below is that they take away higher-income customers that spend more. Middle- and upper-class shoppers with higher incomes and credit cards are more likely to shop online even for items like groceries and household supplies. That reduces the number of potential customers and, worse, leaves the discount chains to fight over customers with limited amounts of money.