Dollar General CEO Todd Vasos to step down, insider Owen to take over

The sign outside the house the Greenback Standard shop in Westminster, Colorado is pictured December 4, 2014. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

July 12 (Reuters) – Greenback General Corp (DG.N) claimed on Tuesday that Todd Vasos will step down as the price reduction retailer’s main government officer and will be succeeded by very long-time executive and operations head Jeffery Owen.

In the course of Vasos’ time at the helm, the company’s once-a-year income rose additional than 80% and about 7,000 additional stores were being added to the retailer’s footprint.

The CEO adjust will come at a time when many years-substantial inflation has hammered spending electrical power, pushing consumers to convert frugal and shop additional at low cost shop chains, boosting profits at organizations this kind of as Dollar Common and Greenback Tree Inc (DLTR.O).

Having said that, like other retailers, Tennessee-based mostly Dollar Standard is struggling with increasing margin pressures from increased source chain costs and weaker desire for superior-margin discretionary products.

Owen, who has been with the enterprise given that 1992, has served as Dollar General’s chief running officer since August 2019, getting formerly direct the retailer’s retailer functions.

Vasos, who has been Dollar General’s main executive considering the fact that 2015, will action down in November and take on an advisory role till April, immediately after which he will retire from the firm.

Reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru Editing by Shounak Dasgupta and Vinay Dwivedi

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