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Dollar General

6 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Cal Turner, Jr. · said 30 times in 2 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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brought up most by Cal Turner, Jr. (12), Jeff Jordan (5), Steph Smith (1)

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2019 29 mentions in 1 episode

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Everything said about Dollar General, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Supported
Dollar General founder J.L. Turner had a third-grade education
“The roots of the company go back to JL Turner, my grandfather, and JL Turner only had a third grade education.”
Cal Turner, Jr. Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:52 a16z Podcast | The Case Study of Dollar General and Surviving (Thriving!) Retail
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Assertion Supported
Dollar General achieves $28 billion market cap and $20 billion annual revenue
“Dollar General has a market cap of about twenty eight billion dollars, revenue over twenty billion dollars.”
Jeff Jordan Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:33 a16z Podcast | The Case Study of Dollar General and Surviving (Thriving!) Retail
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
75% of the US population lived near a Dollar General in 2017
“At the end of last year, 75% of the continental United States lived within five miles of a dollar general store.”
Cal Turner, Jr. Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 21:06 a16z Podcast | The Case Study of Dollar General and Surviving (Thriving!) Retail
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Supported
Cal Turner Jr. fired his brother as COO to avoid bankruptcy
“The hardest and toughest decision I ever had to make was the decision to fire my brother. Who was the chief operating officer, and the company was really in trouble. We were on the verge of chapter 11, and when you're in that situation, and the CEO and the COO…”
Cal Turner, Jr. Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:06 a16z Podcast | The Case Study of Dollar General and Surviving (Thriving!) Retail
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
Cal Turner Jr.: Flat-dollar pricing helped low-income shoppers budget while browsing
“It's easy to keep up with how much you're spending and our struggling customers had to keep up with what they were spending even while they were in the store.”
Cal Turner, Jr. Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:14 a16z Podcast | The Case Study of Dollar General and Surviving (Thriving!) Retail
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Cal Turner Jr.: Dollar General stores located near Walmart performed better
“No, no, we're in the same markets. In fact, our stores close to Walmart, it seemed to Do better than our stores that weren't close to a Walmart.”
Cal Turner, Jr. Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 18:11 a16z Podcast | The Case Study of Dollar General and Surviving (Thriving!) Retail
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