dollar general corp revised its sales and samestore sales outlook for the year the company now projects sales will rise around 1 to 15 for the year lifting the bottom end of its previous target range of 05 and 15 growth it expects samestore sales will decline by about 3 to 25 compared with its prior view of a 35 to 25 decline the discount store chain expects earnings for the year in the range of 990 to 1020 a share it previously forecast earnings around 960 to 1020 a share dollar generals shares slipped 31 in premarket trading to around 216