Dollar General is sharply reducing the selection of products it sells in order to cut costs.
The discounter previously stocked about 12,000 unique items, referenced by SKUs.
AdvertisementSome Dollar General shoppers may see their favorite items disappearing from shelves as the discount retailer looks to control inventory costs.
The move inches Dollar General closer to Costco's time-tested strategy for finding savings through simplicity — the wholesale club famously keeps its SKU count to around 4,000 in its warehouses.
Last summer, Dollar General took a $95 million inventory write-down as it cleaned those stores up.
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