1054 ET - Dollar General has found success in its efforts to battle shrink, the retail industry term for theft and other forms of product loss, CFO Kelly Dilts says on a call with analysts. Those improvements have continued into the current quarter and are expected to be a tailwind for gross margin throughout 2025, she says. Dollar General is focused on getting shrink back down to prepandemic levels this year, the CFO says. It will do so by reducing inventory and optimizing its assortments, CEO Todd Vasos says on the same call. "We know exactly how to attack that shrink line," he says. (dean.seal@wsj.com)
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