Dollar
Tree Stores, Inc. Expands Payment-type Acceptance
Visa
Credit Cards to be Accepted at all stores beginning October
31
CHESAPEAKE,
Va. – October 30, 2007 - Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:
DLTR), the nation's leading operator of single-price point dollar stores, today
announced that it has reached an agreement with Visa to accept Visa credit
cards
at all of its more than 3,300 stores beginning October 31, 2007. The company
will continue to accept debit cards and Discover® Network cards at all
stores.
In addition, MasterCard®
credit cards are accepted at approximately 980 Dollar Tree
locations.
“We
are
pleased to add the convenience of Visa credit cards for our customers in time
for the holiday season,” said President and CEO Bob Sasser. “Now,
customers will have the option of using Visa credit cards in addition to
Discover and debit cards at all of our stores across the country.”
Dollar
Tree Stores operates 3,334 stores in 48 states as of August 4,
2007.
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future events, developments or results, you should carefully review the “Risk
Factors,” "Business," and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” sections in our Annual Report on Form 10 -
K filed April 4, 2007 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed September
12,
2007. In light of these risks and uncertainties, the future events,
developments or results described by our forward looking statements in this
document could turn out to be materially and adversely different from those
we
discuss or imply. We are not obligated to release publicly any
revisions to any forward looking statements contained in this press release
to
reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this report and
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should not expect us to do so.
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CONTACT:
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Dollar
Tree Stores, Inc., Chesapeake
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Timothy
J. Reid
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757-321-5284
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www.DollarTree.com
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