Dollar Tree selling Family Dollar to a pair of private equity firms for $1 billion

Dollar Tree sold Family Dollar at a massive discount for just $1 billion. Just a decade ago, it was worth $9 billion

Dollar Tree really has a discount for everyone. A group of private equity investors agreed to buy the flailing Family Dollar chain for $1 billion, a sharp loss for the Dollar Tree, which acquired it ten years ago for roughly $9 billion. Brigade Capital Management and Macellum Capital Management will take over the nearly 7,000 Family Dollar stores. That’ll halve the number of stores Dollar Tree operates under its umbrella. Why couldn’t Dollar Tre…

Dollar Tree sells Family Dollar for a big loss (but more than a dollar)

A decade after buying Family Dollar for $8bn, Dollar Tree is selling its onetime competitor for $1bn. The marriage didn't work out: it turns out there wasn't space for both…

Dollar Tree shares soar as Wall Street celebrates Family Dollar deal

UBS says the budget retailer can (finally) focus on its core business.

Dollar Tree sells Family Dollar chain for $1 billion

Dollar Tree's decade-long effort to fold the Family Dollar chain into its business is ending after agreeing to sell the bargain store chain to a pair of private equity firms for $1 billion.

Dollar Tree Is Selling Family Dollar For $1 Billion 10 Years After They Merged

Dollar Tree is selling Family Dollar, ending disastrous merger

Dollar Tree is ending its short-lived and ill-fated Family Dollar experiment, offloading the discount brand for $1 billion – just a fraction of its purchase price from a decade ago.