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ur success is built on more than brick and
mortar. It starts with our people and our core
values. We are committed to a culture in which
every฀job฀is฀important฀and฀each฀person฀is฀treated฀with฀respect,฀
where every associate’s contributions are valued, employment
opportunities expand and where professional development
is encouraged.
Each new store represents an investment in a commu-
nity. Our stores are bright, clean and beautiful. They average
approximately $1.4 million in annual sales, and help drive
customer traffic to new and existing shopping centers with
more than 175,000 customer visits each year. Our extreme
value merchandise helps customers stretch their household
budgets and our consistent, measured expansion has created
thousands฀of฀jobs฀across฀America.฀
Dollar Tree also supports the communities surrounding
our locations through financial contributions, associate vol-
unteering and the generosity of our customers. Partnering
with Operation Homefront, more than 15 million toys were
collected nationwide over the past three years. These toys
were donated by our customers and distributed at U.S. mili-
tary bases across the nation.
We take our responsibility very seriously to be above
reproach when making operational and financial decisions.
In addition to our growth in sales and earnings, we have
invested more than $1.4 billion for share repurchase since
2003,฀including฀a฀$200฀million฀Accelerated฀Share฀Repurchase฀
in฀ early฀ 2010.฀These฀ investments฀ demonstrate฀ our฀ commit-
ment to build real value for long-term shareholders and our
confidence in the future.
‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09
$1,181
$988
$515
$267
$988
$87
Cumulative Share Repurchase
(in millions)
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