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Source: Visual Capitalist
Published: January 2019
The Growth of the Dollar Store
Circulated: May 10, 2019
Between 2007 and 2017, over 11,000 new dollar stores were opened; that’s roughly 93 new stores a month, or 3 per day. A dollar store costs $250k to launch a new store while a Walmart costs $15M.