Primary Recommendation

Poundland - Single price value retailer to double estate to 1000 stores

May 2014

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During the long boom that preceded the credit crunch the idea of going to a store that sells thousands of items for Â£1 probably only appealed to a minority of hard pressed shoppers but the subsequent squeeze on living standards has meant that everyone now loves a bargain. Over in the US there is already a big discount sector on the stock market and Dollar General, which has about 11,000 stores and a market value of over US$19bn and Family Dollar (8,000 stores and a US$8bn cap.) are both nibbling away at the market share of Wal Mart and the drug stores. Up until recently, UK investors couldnâ€™t play this buoyant sector but that all changed with the introduction of Poundland to the Full List at 300p on 12 March. Poundland, which i ...

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