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

The indication outside the Greenback Common store in Westminster, Colorado is pictured December 4, 2014. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

July 12 (Reuters) – Greenback Common Corp (DG.N) reported on Tuesday that Todd Vasos will action down as the discounted retailer’s chief govt officer and will be succeeded by lengthy-time government and functions head Jeffery Owen.

In the course of Vasos’ time at the helm, the firm’s yearly revenue rose a lot more than 80% and about 7,000 more outlets ended up included to the retailer’s footprint.

The CEO alter will come at a time when many years-superior inflation has hammered spending electrical power, pushing buyers to convert frugal and shop more at discount shop chains, boosting sales at corporations such as Dollar Common and Dollar Tree Inc (DLTR.O).

Even so, like other stores, Tennessee-primarily based Dollar General is dealing with expanding margin pressures from greater offer chain expenditures and weaker demand from customers for large-margin discretionary merchandise.

Owen, who has been with the enterprise considering the fact that 1992, has served as Greenback General’s main running officer because August 2019, obtaining beforehand guide the retailer’s retail store operations.

Vasos, who has been Dollar General’s chief executive since 2015, will step down in November and get on an advisory role right until April, immediately after which he will retire from the corporation.

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

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