Dollar stores have conquered the United States, in an era where a “retail apocalypse” is slowly decimating brick and mortar retail shopping. The spread of these dollar stores is also deeply tied to issues of income inequality in the U.S. It’s argued that not only do these institutions benefit from poverty, but also that they perpetuate it. It has even led to some communities to limit the spread of dollar stores in their towns. So how did the dollar store conquer the U.S. - and what is their real impact? SOURCES: Annals of the American Association of Geographers https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24694452.2020.1775544 The Institute for Local Self-Reliance https://ilsr.org/dollar-stores-target-cities-towns-one-fights-back/ https://ilsr.org/new-maps-dollar-stores-spread/ Dollar General https://aboutus.dollargeneral.com/corporate-social-responsibility/ The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/12/20/antitrust-was-defined-by-robert-bork-i-cannot-overstate-his-influence/ Visual Capitalist https://www.visualcapitalist.com/dollar-stores-thriving-in-america/ ProPublica / The New Yorker https://www.propublica.org/article/how-dollar-stores-became-magnets-for-crime-and-killing CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/19/business/dollar-general-opposition/index.html Mental Floss https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/610508/how-dollar-stores-make-money Britannica https://www.britannica.com/topic/Miller-Tydings-Act-of-1937 Subscribe to Cheddar on YouTube: http://chdr.tv/subscribe Connect with Cheddar! On Facebook: http://chdr.tv/facebook On Twitter: http://chdr.tv/twitter On Instagram: http://chdr.tv/instagram On Cheddar.com: http://chdr.tv/cheddar