Dollar Tree
Dollar Tree Surpasses 9,000 Stores Across North America, Marking Major Growth Milestone
15 May 2025
Retailer celebrates landmark achievement by paying it forward – planting 9,000 trees with the Arbor Day Foundation CHESAPEAKE,…...
Dollar Tree Announces Chief Supply Chain Officer Transition
28 Apr 2025
Mike Kindy to retire from role as Chief Supply Chain Officer Roxanne Weng to assume role of Chief Supply Chain Officer CHESAPEAKE,…...
Dollar Tree Announces Return to Marietta, Oklahoma With Enhanced Distribution Center
24 Apr 2025
New Distribution Center Anticipated to Open Spring 2027 400 Jobs Return to the Community CHESAPEAKE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dollar Tree,…...
Dollar Tree, Inc. Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2024
26 Mar 2025
Review of Strategic Alternatives Concludes with Agreement to Sell Family Dollar Family Dollar Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Fiscal 2024 Results Are…...
Dollar Tree Announces Agreement to Divest Its Family Dollar Business to Brigade Capital Management and Macellum Capital Management
26 Mar 2025
Transaction completes previously announced review of Strategic Alternatives for Family Dollar Business CHESAPEAKE, Va.--(BUSINESS…...
Dollar Tree Announces Update on Chief Financial Officer
06 Mar 2025
Dollar Tree announces that Stewart Glendinning will become the Company’s next Chief Financial Officer, effective March 30, 2025 Company…...
Dollar Tree Appoints Three New Board Members
28 Feb 2025
CHESAPEAKE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) today announced that effective immediately, William (Bill) W. Douglas, III…...
Dollar Tree Names Michael C. Creedon, Jr. as Chief Executive Officer
19 Dec 2024
CHESAPEAKE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Interim CEO…...
Dollar Tree, Inc. Reports Results for the Third Quarter Fiscal 2024
04 Dec 2024
Same-Store Net Sales: Dollar Tree +1.8%; Family Dollar +1.9%; Enterprise +1.8% Diluted Earnings per Share (EPS) of $1.08 and Adjusted Diluted EPS…...
Dollar Tree and Family Dollar Announce Partnership with No Kid Hungry
26 Nov 2024
CHESAPEAKE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dollar Tree and Family Dollar are proud to announce its new partnership with No Kid Hungry, a national…...
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