Those consumers, Sargent added, are “making smaller, more frequent trips to manage budgets, and they are cutting back on discretionary purchases.”
Dollar Tree has also been forced to raise prices owing to tariffs, a process Creedon acknowledged was a “necessary evil.” The company’s chief financial officer referred to this as “tariff-related stickering activities.”
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