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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2


                        INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our report incorporated herein by reference and to the
references to our firm under the headings "Selected Financial Data" and
"Experts" in the prospectus.


/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Norfolk, Virginia
June 6, 1997

