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Dollar General (DG) shares edged 0.8% higher in early trading Thursday after the release of fourth-quarter results that beat analyst estimates.

Dollar General's (DG) fourth-quarter fiscal 2023 sales and earnings decline year over year. Nevertheless, same-store sales increase slightly on higher customer traffic.

Dollar General Corp (NYSE:DG), the discount retailer, saw its shares rise 5% in pre-market trading on Thursday after its sales forecasts came in ahead of Wall Street estimates. Sales in 2024 are expected to jump by between 6% and 6.7%, beating market estimates, which predicted it would rise 4.4% to US$40.33 billion.

The discount retailer posted fourth-quarter earnings of $1.83 a share on revenue of $9.86 billion.

While Dollar General (DG) navigates softening sales trends, it is focusing on enhancing the supply chain, offering customer-friendly prices and embracing digitization.

A Dollar General store in Wisconsin was forced to close after its entire workforce quit, citing seven-day work weeks and a "lack of appreciation."

Both Dollar General and Dollar Tree look set to benefit as headwinds ease for their lower-income customers.

Dollar General (DG) is seeing favorable earnings estimate revision activity and has a positive Zacks Earnings ESP heading into earnings season.

Dollar stores Dollar Tree Inc. and Dollar General Corp. have been enjoying strong foot traffic in the run-up to the companies' fourth-quarter results this week, according to data from analytics company Placer.ai.

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