AAA forecasts 91.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the 2011-2012 year-end holiday travel season, a 1.4% increase over the 90.7 million people who traveled one year ago, the travel organization announced earlier this week.

Dollar General results showed that low-end consumers have some spending power and a taste for its brand of discount retail.

Profit grew by nearly 10% to $123.2 million and sales advanced 8.3% to nearly $2.3 billion as Family Dollar remained on a consistent growth trajectory during its second quarter, ended Feb. 27.

Retailers operating outside of the dollar channel are beginning to experience some night terrors. Because...

Net income for Dollar General rose nearly 64% for the first quarter of fiscal 2010....