Discount store operators find new avenues of growth.(State of the Industry/The Issues)(Statistical data)

From: Chain Drug Review | Date: April 23, 2007 | Copyright information

NEW YORK -- Last year ended on a somewhat sour note for the nation's discount store operators, with holiday sales coming in below expectations at many chains. As was the case in 2005, chain drug retailers again outperformed discounters in terms of increases in both overall sales and same-store volume in 2006.

Discount stores rang up a 5.3% advance in sales and a 3.1% gain in comparable-store sales in the final month of the year, with both figures trailing the trade class...

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