I'm stepping on toes here cause Dollar Tree is one of the Mikster's fave stores (not for reasons noted here)

In a country where almost 40 percent say they cannot come up with $400 in an emergency, where people appeal on GoFundMe for help paying everything from medical bills to the rent, it should be little surprise that there’s a major customer base for stores that promise the lowest of low prices.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/18/dollar-stores-understand-age-inequality-better-than-almost-any-other-business/?utm_term=.dece9c9134d0

A better read on the state of the economy...