'Penny shoppers' are finding hidden $0.01 deals at Dollar General — and it's a sign of a larger problem for the discount chain

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Dollar General shoppers are searching stores for items that cost $0.01 each, thanks to an inventory policy and the stores' messy state.

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I went to Five Below for the first time and it was immediately clear why Gen Z loves it

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Five Below mimics the low prices of a dollar store, but the range of products is much wider than at Dollar General and Dollar Tree.

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You can now find Costco-style low prices for generic prescription drugs at Kroger in a partnership with Mark Cuban's online pharmacy

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Customers of Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs can now pick up their prescriptions at 2,000 Kroger pharmacies, Cost Plus said in a tweet Wednesday.

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Amazon's palm payment tech is coming to every Whole Foods in the US

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Every US Whole Foods will have Amazon One palm payment technology by the end of 2023, the tech giant said Thursday.

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Some San Francisco Safeway stores added gates barring shoppers from leaving unless they scan a receipt. It's an anti-theft measure that has spread across the UK.

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A customer shops for meat at a Safeway store on April 12, 2023 in San Rafael, California. According to a report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, inflation in March slowed to its lowest rate in nearly two years with prices rising 5 percent, down from 6 percent in February. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Dollar General has paid a fraction of the $21 million it owes in fines for hazardous working conditions

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Dollar General has paid less than one-fifth of the fines that the federal government says it owes as a result of safety violations at its stores.

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Meet the typical Adidas US customer, a 20-something who earns just under $100,000 and looks to Adidas for fashion and fitness apparel

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Adidas, launched in 1949, employs over 59,000 employees.

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Foot Locker to close 400 mall stores as it shifts focus to niche shops for sneakerheads, kids, and higher-income shoppers

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Foot Locker plans to close more than 400 stores.

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Here's the list of Amazon Go stores closing next month as the company evaluates its brick-and-mortar retail strategy

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Amazon is closing eight of its cashierless convenience stores several years after launching the format, which uses the company's Just Walk Out technology.

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Dollar General's stores are so overrun with merchandise that fire marshals are closing them

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A Dollar General store in Minnesota, where merchandise was stored on the sidewalk outside of the store this winter.

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