Dollar General Corporation DG

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) has partnered with Instacart to offer same-day delivery of everyday essentials to customers across the United States. The service is scheduled to roll out across thousands of Dollar General locations in multiple states before expanding nationwide. Shoppers will be able to order a broad mix of household items and groceries from Dollar General through Instacart’s online and app-based platform. This new Instacart delivery tie up at Dollar General sits alongside wider...

For millions of shoppers it’s the only store nearby, and that’s what makes this fix hard to escape.

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As consumers compare prices and look for deals, manufacturers may have less room to raise prices without losing sales.

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Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) was upgraded from Hold to Buy at HSBC on September 24. Analyst Daniela Bretthauer raised her price target to $160 from $125. The shares rose 1.60% to close at $122.53. The new target sits well above the average across Wall Street, which is closer to $137. HSBC is arguing that the […]

Retailers are adapting their business models as technology changes how people shop. Still, secular trends are working against them as e-commerce continues to take share from brick-and-mortar stores. This puts retail stocks in a tough spot, and over the past six months, the industry’s 1.2% gain has trailed the S&P 500 by 15.7 percentage points.

Cost concerns have long challenged e-grocery, and addressing the issue is becoming more urgent as consumer price sensitivity rises, executives of the companies said.

Walmart, Target and Dollar General are scaling retail media through ads, customer data, e-commerce and stores, each taking a distinct path to growth.

Investing.com -- HSBC upgraded Dollar General (NYSE: DG) to Buy from Hold on Thursday, saying the discount retailer's turnaround is firmly underway and its shares look too cheap.