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- Retailers Race Against Amazon to Automate Stores
- "Things Are Worse" - Dollar Stores' Startling Admission: Half Of US Consumers Are In Dire Straits
2010-09-22 — nytimes.com
``At Family Dollar, most customers have incomes under $40,000 and have “really curtailed discretionary spending out of necessity,†said Kiley Rawlins, a spokeswoman. But customers are shopping more frequently, she said, and buying a greater variety of items, a reflection of the items like cleaning products that the store now carries.''
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