Dollar Tree had a miserable quarter, and company management is chalking it up to a mix of factors: changing consumer demands on top of higher prices for fuel and electricity … and theft.
To hear executives at some of America’s biggest retailers tell it, consumers are strained for cash and buying less stuff, in a troubling sign of a slowing economy. That’s only half true. The consumer appetite that kept the US economy afloat through the worst of the pandemic and beyond remains hearty it’s just craving something new.
To hear executives at some of America’s biggest retailers tell it, consumers are strained for cash and buying less stuff, in a troubling sign of a slowing economy. That’s only half true. The consumer appetite that kept the US economy afloat through the worst of the pandemic and beyond remains hearty it’s just craving something new.