Dollar General Q1 Results Buoy Outlook; Home A Highlight

摘要

Having earned record sales and net income in its first quarter, Dollar General called the period its fifth consecutive quarter of "accelerating improvement." "Dollar General is starting off 2012 with strong performance in the first quarter due to excellent same-store sales growth of 6.7%," resulting from increases in both customer traffic and average transaction, noted Rick Dreiling, chairman and ceo in a conference call with analysts last week.