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  1. Payroll Tax Increase Weighs on Consumer Spending

    Tue, 19 Feb 2013

    Where are all the customers? And where's their money? A month earlier, on a January 3 conference call, Family Dollar Stores Inc . Chief Executive Officer Howard Levine noted that higher payroll taxes "go against our customers' wallet

  2. Dollar Store, Inc.: The Booming Business of Being Cheap

    Tue, 11 Dec 2012

    sneak peek HERE The three top players, Family Dollar , Dollar Tree and Dollar General still open a lot of stores," said Family Dollar CEO Howard Levine . "Particularly stores nationwide -- and counting. Family Dollar opened 500 new stores this year – more

  3. Bonnie and Clyde Style Romance as Man Proposes After Their Arrest - She Said Yes

    Wed, 22 Aug 2012

    Treila Woods in the San Antonio police station following their arrest. The happy moment came Monday after store managers at a Family Dollar store tried to stop Woods, who they claim was shoplifting, as she attempted to leave the store through a broken door

  4. 'Big Daddy' on Healthy Cooking That Tastes Great

    Mon, 2 Jul 2012

    facilities all over the country demonstrating the recipes and encouraging people on dialysis. I'm also working with with Family Dollar promoting fun time at the grill during the summertime. I will be appearing On Spike TV's " Bar Rescue this summer (late

  5. Luxury Sales Strong as 1 Percent Go Shopping

    Wed, 14 Dec 2011

    Maybe retail sales overall haven't been too hot this holiday season, but one sector is on fire: Luxury. At Tiffany, at Burberry, at Neiman Marcus, cash registers are ringing. Harry Winston's diamond salesmen are doing a little dance. From Houston to Boston, sales of life's necessities may be flat,

  6. From Dollar Tree to Tiffany's, retailers' stocks are hot again

    Wed, 15 Dec 2010

    winners so far. Four of the 20 retail stocks at or within 10% of all-time highs are discounters, including Ross Stores, Family Dollar , Dollar Tree and TJX. While other retailers are closing stores and retrenching, dollar stores are expanding, says Nick

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  1. Gun Sales Expected to Shoot Up

    Thu, 15 Jul 2010

    who got shot during a robbery last week," she said. "Around the same time there was a hostage incident at a nearby Family Dollar store. Afterwards I'd say we had about a dozen small business owners come into the store to buy guns."

  2. Alcohol for Everyone? More Stores Sell Beer, Wine

    Wed, 28 Oct 2009

    than a decade earlier. Discount chain Family Dollar is testing beer sales at 10 of its you stocked some beer too,' " said Family Dollar spokesman Josh Braverman. Between and carding customers. Walgreens and Family Dollar both said their alcohol decisions were

  3. More retailers say yes to food stamps

    Tue, 28 Jul 2009

    prepared foods. In its third-quarter earnings report July 8, Family Dollar cited EBT as among the reasons for its success in this opportunity for us," said CEO Howard Levine. EBT spending at Family Dollar fdo was up 18% from March 2008 to March 2009, says spokesman

  4. Retailers emulate Wal-Mart's focus on necessities

    Wed, 3 Jun 2009

    hand soap and detergent. Family Dollar Stores FDO has been rapidly expanding about 40% of Target's sales. Family Dollar 's same-store sales increased Matthews, N.C.-based chain. Family Dollar Chief Financial Officer Ken

  5. Family Dollar stock: Should you bet your bottom dollar?

    Tue, 3 Mar 2009

    Q: Can Family Dollar fdo shares continue to do well driving to their nearest dollar store. Family Dollar is a deep-discount retailer that Through mid-February, shares of Family Dollar had been up 5%. And although they

  6. The economy is brutal, but their business booms

    Mon, 2 Feb 2009

    few of the recession's beneficiaries are big public companies with household names: Wal-Mart, wmt McDonald's, mcd Family Dollar . fdo They earned profits last year, and their stock prices soared because they kept doing what they do well: selling stuff

  7. System uses funds' prior performance as investing guide

    Thu, 15 Jan 2009

    economic times. Whatever the reason, McDonald's has some positive momentum, as do a few other stocks, such as Family Dollar Stores fdo (+72% the past 12 months), Wal-Mart wmt (+10%) and General Mills gis (+7%). What's more

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Videos

  1. Recall Roundup: Warnings for Parents

    Thu, 3 Feb 2011

    move on to the next recalled tanks from Family Dollar Stores tells about these guys. Well Family Dollar is recalling these target practice tank this year for about five dollars. What Family Dollar says is just take this with your child

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    for that. Let's move on to the next recalled -- tanks from Family Dollar Stores tells about these guys. Well Family Dollar is recalling these target practice tank place -- And they -- every remote control. Here is is using has batteries inside. The
  2. Dollar Store, INC.

    Tue, 11 Dec 2012

    Family Dollar CEO Howard Levine defends being cheap and selling merchandise that's made in China.

  3. Dollar Store Inc.: Booming Business of Being Cheap

    Fri, 28 Dec 2012

    Each pin on this map represents one family dollar store. Howard levine is the ceo of is working. Three dollar chains, family dollar , dollar general, and dollar tree in good times as well. Reporter: Family dollar has been doing well for more than a

    Family Dollar found at 0:50, 1:31, 2:05

    chain within this country. Reporter: Each pin on this map represents one family dollar store. Howard levine is the ceo of that chain. Tons of growth here. This is probably a thousand-store state. Reporter: Right now
    we don't overpay for stuff. Reporter: Cheap is working. Three dollar chains, family dollar , dollar general, and dollar tree are fortune 500 companies. Another chain, 99 cents only, is eyeing real estate on ritzy rodeo drive.
    times, but we do very well in good times as well. Reporter: Family dollar has been doing well for more than a half century. Levine's father opened the first store in charlotte, north carolina, in 1959. In the beginning, family dollar sold only things that cost a buck. But they abandoned that years ago. Today, roughly 90% of their products are less than
  4. Costco Offers Members Rare Art

    Mon, 8 Oct 2012

    ultimate high-end shopping experience. Abc areas john muller has the details. Reporter: It is famous for stretching the family dollar from toilet paper to televisions, t-shirts to Cost cote is the american staple. Now the retailer is selling fine art

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    john muller has the details. Reporter: It is famous for stretching the family dollar from toilet paper to televisions, t-shirts to Cost cote is the american staple. Now the retailer is selling fine art on its
  5. WNN Skinny: Cheap Celebs

    Thu, 18 Aug 2011

    time. Top three here we go Barbara Streisand well then Madonna and then Tiger Woods came in at number. Why not allow that Family Dollar endorsement deals Olympic I didn't have a husband and kids in other ways let's talk about different chart at Purdue head

    Family Dollar found at 2:26

    and then Tiger Woods came in at number. Why not allow that Family Dollar endorsement deals Olympic I didn't have a husband and kids in other ways let's talk about different chart at Purdue head and
  6. Murdoch Scandal: Apology to Family of Slain Teen

    Fri, 15 Jul 2011

    brooks future. And they are trying to move beyond that. As well just moments ago Rupert Murdoch met as you noted with a family dollar now. What you have to understand is this scandal has been brewing for years nobody's really cared about the fact that

  7. Emergency Gift Guide

    Thu, 24 Dec 2009

    actually find some pretty decent guest act. mark gets pharmacies and get this gas stations. He the extended holiday hours to Family Dollar storm. Wal-Mart and Toys 'R' Us fear not. There are still places is shocked many still in the late nite drugstore chains

    Family Dollar found at 0:22

    get this gas stations. He -- the extended holiday hours to -- Family Dollar storm. Wal-Mart and Toys 'R' Us fear not. There are still places is shocked many still in the late nite drugstore chains
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Photos

  1. PHOTO: Family Dollar, along with other dollar stores, has quietly become a $56-billion industry and they are opening new locations faster than Starbucks.
  2. PHOTO: Sean Foxx, 27, proposed to his girlfriend, Latreila Woods, 24, after the pair had just been arrested in connection with a robbery at a Family Dollar Store.
  3. Bullish Options Traders Run To RIO, Flock To Family Dollar
  4. Bullish Options Traders Run To RIO, Flock To Family Dollar
  1. Thrifty Shoppers' Heaven: Family Dollar Profit Spiked 10.7% Last Quarter
  2. PHOTO Shares of the Family Dollar Stores, Inc. are on the rise.

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