{
  "id": 3981518,
  "title": "Dollar stores gain as Americans stretch budgets",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/dollar-stores-gain-as-americans-stretch-budgets",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-28T14:12:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Retail Dive",
    "slug": "retail-dive",
    "url": "https://www.retaildive.com/news/dollar-tree-dollar-general-q2-benefit-price-conscious-shoppers/828999/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dollar General and Dollar Tree both reported second quarter increases in average ticket and traffic amid a tough macroeconomic backdrop.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}