Good Riddance, Financially Speaking

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Sean H. & Jocelin A.
March 26, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 10 minutes

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MARKET RECAP → Stocks slipped Wednesday as tech took the biggest hit amid growing tariff tensions.

DOLLAR TREE TO SELL FOR $1 BILLION → 🛍️ Dollar Tree (DLTR) finally dumped Family Dollar for $1B—just a $8B markdown—freeing itself from years of sluggish sales, inflation headaches, and a brand that couldn’t keep up with the big-box crowd.

GAMESTOP GOES CRYPTO-CRAZY  → 🎮 GameStop (GME) jumped ~12% after announcing plans to invest its corporate cash into bitcoin (BTC), betting big on crypto to fuel its turnaround — and its stock.

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Dollar Tree To Sell For $1 Billion

🛒 Offloaded for a Bargain: Dollar Tree (DLTR) sold its underperforming Family Dollar chain to private equity firms Brigade Capital and Macellum Capital for about $1B—just a fraction of the $9B it paid in 2015. The chain had struggled with weak discretionary sales, inflation pressures, and fierce competition from Walmart and Amazon.

📉 Good Riddance, Financially Speaking: Analysts called the move “addition by subtraction,” noting Family Dollar had long dragged on revenue and margins. Dollar Tree closed over 900 stores last year and shuffled leadership before ultimately cutting its losses.

📈 New Chapter, Higher Hopes: Excluding Family Dollar, Dollar Tree posted modest sales growth in Q4, boosted by new pricing strategies. It projected 2025 net sales between $18.5B and $19.1B, though the sale will dent earnings by 30–35 cents in the first half.

TODAY’S TOP NEWS

GameStop Goes Crypto-Crazy

📈 Cash for Coins: GameStop (GME) shares surged ~12% after the company announced it would invest part of its nearly $4.8B cash pile into bitcoin (BTC) and stablecoins, following the MicroStrategy playbook. There’s no cap on how much bitcoin the retailer might buy.

🕹️Strategic Shakeup: The pivot is part of CEO Ryan Cohen’s plan to turn around the company by slashing costs and shaking things up. GameStop warned investors that crypto’s infamous volatility could hit hard — and its strategy is still untested.

💰 Oh, and Earnings: Investors also got hyped by strong Q4 earnings, with GameStop reporting $131.3M in net income — more than double last year’s total. Turns out bitcoin buzz pairs well with profits.

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