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Retail >> Dollar General SWOT Analysis:
Strengths
  • Privately owned - no bias for short term thinking to satisfy Wall Street
  • The value proposition: price and convenience
  • Targeted shopper base
  • Financial health relatively good; low debt
  • Large scale, centrally managed
Weaknesses
  • High turnover / labor challenges
  • Increasing operating cost structure
  • In-store execution very inconsistent
  • Inconsistent sales/store
Opportunities
  • Improving sales productivity of existing buildings
  • Optimize supply chain, inventory levels, and in-store execution
  • Dollar General Market
  • Improving supply chain and efficiency
  • New stores: nowhere near format saturation
Threats
  • Increasing proportion of consumables has significant margin impact
  • Economic pressures on core customers (fuel, unemployment)
  • Wal-Mart overlap
  • Global sourcing under pressure with exchange rate fluctuations

History: Version 3 (Newest), Version 2, Version 1 (Oldest)



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