Talk:Dollar General

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What is the "Wal-mart effect"? RedWolf 04:13, Nov 23, 2003 (UTC)

  • The statement of Dollar General having top-notch merchandise at low prices seems non-neutral. If that was a quote from the website, it is OK, but this seems a bit leaning towards Dollar General.--Tim Quievryn 19:26, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Public Stock

If anyone knows what the public ticker symbol was before being purchased, please include it in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.243.78.142 (talk) 05:40, 21 December 2007 (UTC) DG was their stock ticker symbol. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.131.152.32 (talk) 18:32, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How do they do it

A section or at least a paragraph or two needs to be put in on how they can afford to sell items for only $1 and still pay for their transportation, shelf space, rent the space the store is in, etc. How much of the material is surplus, given to the store for three, how much is "slightly defective" etc? Readers of an encyclopedia and consumers in general would want to know.

[edit] POV-check

The entire Concepts section sounds like it was written by the DG marketing department. I removed the more egregious NPOV violations, but more checking is needed.--TexasDex 14:58, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Have you ever shop there? There is some really nice stuff and often near or better then old walmart prices.
I worked there for over a year, and while I don't disagree that they have some good and cheap products Wikipedia has certain standards for neutrality, including neutral tone and not presenting points of view or opinions as fact. Looking at it again, I think the "Concepts" section most definitely violates those principles. Whoever rewrites this (it might be me if I ever have any free time) will have to reword and trim that section in particular to ensure neutrality. --TexasDex 08:05, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] infobox?

no corporate info box, i will work on adding one.Paco8191 23:58, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

    • I added a full info box, and i dont think this reads like an advertisment, at least not that much.Paco8191 01:32, 20 July 2007 (UTC)