EYE ON PLAINFIELD: DOLLAR STORE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

EYE ON PLAINFIELD: DOLLAR STORE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

Bells rang out. Children sang in the streets. The Dollar Tree in Plainfield, Indiana, had been reborn. Along the commercial strip anchored by a Kohl’s department store, the business of inexpensive goods had begun to lag behind its competitors- the Dollar General near Domino’s Pizza and of course Five Below, barely a few doors down. What became of Tuesday’s re-opening was the spark that will light a fire in the Midwestern economy. Naturally, my first instinct was to go to the scene and be there, in this glorious re-genesis of industry.

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