How Dollar Stores Conquered America – Cheddar Explains

Greenback shops have conquered the US, in an period the place a “retail apocalypse” is slowly decimating brick and mortar retail purchasing. The unfold of those greenback shops can also be deeply tied to problems with revenue inequality within the U.S. It’s argued that not solely do these establishments profit from poverty, but in addition that they perpetuate it. It has even led to some communities to restrict the unfold of greenback shops of their cities. So how did the greenback retailer conquer the U.S. – and what’s their actual affect?

SOURCES:

Annals of the American Affiliation of Geographers
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24694452.2020.1775544

The Institute for Native Self-Reliance
https://ilsr.org/dollar-stores-target-cities-towns-one-fights-back/
https://ilsr.org/new-maps-dollar-stores-spread/

Greenback Basic
https://aboutus.dollargeneral.com/corporate-social-responsibility/

The Washington Put up
https://www.washingtonpost.com/information/wonk/wp/2012/12/20/antitrust-was-defined-by-robert-bork-i-cannot-overstate-his-influence/

Visible Capitalist
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/dollar-stores-thriving-in-america/

ProPublica / The New Yorker
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-dollar-stores-became-magnets-for-crime-and-killing

CNN Enterprise
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/19/enterprise/dollar-general-opposition/index.html

Psychological Floss
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/610508/how-dollar-stores-make-money

Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/subject/Miller-Tydings-Act-of-1937

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