The Dollar Store Majors - Competitive & Market Analysis

DUBLIN, April 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ssx2jv/the_dollar_store) has announced the addition of the "The Dollar Store Majors - Competitive & Market Analysis" report to their offering.
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Retail product scores the quality of all retail and restaurant locations in the U.S. based on the competition, demographics, and local economic conditions around each store to uncover powerful insights into retailer and restaurants' same stores sales and profitability. Investor, retailer, and real estate clients integrate its software into their business processes to drive their most important investment decisions.

Use this report to assess which Dollar Store retailers have the best existing and new store locations and help forecast revenue and performance. Signal has performed an in-depth competitive and market analysis of the Dollar Store sector with findings that highlight the following:

Example Quotes/Findings From Report:

Even at a more focused lens (<$50K HHs), Dollar Tree and Family Dollar lead in market quality; notably, Dollar General ranks 3rd in terms of market size (<$50K HHs) and affluence (per capital income), but ranks 2nd in terms of auto traffic.

Competition

• The competitive landscape analysis assesses which retailers have the strongest competitive position in the Dollar Store sector
• The competitive framework segments the sources of competition in the regions where Dollar Store Majors operate and breakdown their urban and rural footprints on a national and local level
• Proprietary Signal competitive weightings are assigned to competing retailers and channels based on the strength of the competitive relationship and product overlap
• See full competitive attribution and changes in attribution over time to identify competitors that are encroaching
• Overall competitive intensity based on the proprietary Competition Ratio

Store Quality

• Quantitative evaluation of the quality of Dollar Store Majors' new store trade areas relative to the pre-existing store base and relative to competitors' store openings
• Quantitative evaluation of the quality of Dollar Store Majors' existing store trade areas relative to competitors' store trade areas
• The store quality evaluation is based on an extensive library of relevant store quality measures: population, income, target market, competition, local market economics, and spending
• Analysis run on both a raw and competition-normalized basis

Local Market Economics

• Housing, employment, fuel, and other economic indicators analyzed on a store-by-store basis for the Dollar Store Majors
• Comparing and contrasting retailers based on economic health of underlying markets

Reasons to Purchase

• For Investors: Clients can use this report to use Signal's proprietary data to make predictions on key revenue drivers and ultimately, profitability for the Dollar Store sector
• For Investors: Source proprietary long or short investment ideas based on store quality inflection points
• For Retailers: Gain competitive intelligence on the strategy and quality of competitors' new store openings

Companies Mentioned: 

• Dollar General
• Family Dollar
• Dollar Tree
• Fred's

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