the first dollar general store was opened at turner's department store.
the first dollar general store was opened at turner's department store.
when was the first dollar general store opened?
turner's department store
in october 1939, james and cal opened j.l. turner and son with an initial investment of $5,000 each. the switch to retailing resulted in annual sales above $2 million by the early 1950s. by the mid-1950s turner had 35 department stores in kentucky and tennessee. in 1955 cal turner developed his idea of a retail store selling goods for a dollar, based on the dollar days promotions held at other department stores, by converting turner's department store in springfield, kentucky into the first dollar general store. in 1964 j.l. turner died leaving his son cal turner to succeed him.









































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dollar general
on september 15, 2016, dollar general announced plans to hire 10,000 new employees and open 900 new stores in fiscal 2016 and 1,000 in fiscal 2017. dollar general had operated 13,000 stores as of august 2016. dollar express and all of its 323 locations were acquired by dollar general in april 2017. in january 2017 dollar general opened a concept store in nashville called dgx. the dgx store concept focuses on urban shoppers and is geared toward instant consumption items such as a coffee station and a soda fountain. the following month another dgx store opened in raleigh, north carolina, and in september a third dgx opened in philadelphia.
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