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Dollar General is gaining market share as multiple factors put pressure on the discount retailer’s core customer base, prompting shoppers to flock to its stores in search of low-cost goods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The specific loosening that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants is to count borrowing capacity at the Fed’s discount window toward meeting bank liquidity coverage rules.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

The forecast overshadowed the discount retailer’s higher profit and revenue in the latest quarter, which gave the company confidence to boost its earnings outlook for the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

The stores, run by external operators but overseen by the city, would offer a core basket of staples at a 30% discount to market rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

She invites him to Birdie’s at least three times, each time saying he’ll get a steeper discount.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

He also brought forward a plan to end subscription traps and ban shops using misleading recommended retail prices, which can make it seem like discounts are larger than they really are.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Concerned tourism operators in some US border states are rolling out the red carpet with discounts for Canadians.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

The company reduced sales of its namesake foam clogs to wholesalers and cut back on direct-to-consumer discounts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Shares of Dick’s Sporting Goods tumbled toward their worst day in three years on Tuesday, as the sporting-goods retailer’s bleak earnings report revealed that people needed deeper discounts to buy athletic shoes and clothes.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

They entered all the contests, availed themselves of all the discounts that were advertised and had, on two occasions, won a T-shirt and a thermos flask that Baby Kochamma kept locked away in her cupboard.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

At every turn, Ward credited the state’s expert testimony and discounted the testimony of defense witnesses and experts.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

And while the option of an extension cannot be completely discounted, it seems inconceivable that Mateta would perform a U-turn now given the lengths he has gone to to prove his current one is invalid.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

She founded crisis support centre Second Chance Medway, which runs a discounted food pantry two days a week, where she now sees not only people on benefits, but working people too.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Redemption requests peppering private-credit interval funds have generated opportunities for secondary buyers hoping to acquire discounted assets by providing cash that fund managers can return to investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

“I’ve been looking at our budget. I can’t make the numbers work. The discounted rent for my superintendent duties makes a huge difference.”

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

Even as propaganda, it was pretty dumb — never discounting for currency fluctuation, alternative sourcing or domestic capacity increases, to name a few counterindicators.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

Columbia House drew further claims of bad business by allegedly refusing to acknowledge payments, discounting items so that users’ purchases fell just below the agreed-upon threshold and being a notoriously difficult subscription to terminate.

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026

So far, that hasn’t led to significant discounting, at least in direct-to-consumer sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

In Premier League terms, even when discounting the gulf in experience, Pickford boasts an undeniable edge.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Nicole took the first lead, and it went smoothly for the first ten minutes, discounting the wind, the stinging rain, and Chase’s throbbing front tooth, which the pain pills had done nothing to help.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith