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Article: Bill's Dollar Store back to hometown roots in Columbia
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- The Mississippi Business Journal
- Article date:
- July 2, 2001
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COLUMBIA - Bill's Dollar Store, a discount retailer that now has more than 400 stores in 13 Southeastern states, had its beginnings in Columbia. Now the company that most recently was headquartered in Ridgeland is coming back home.
Bill's Dollar Store is in the process of moving its headquarters back to Columbia, and consolidating its distribution centers to Columbia, as well. Previously the company had distribution centers in Augusta, Ga., as well as Columbia.
The center in Augusta is being closed and consolidated to the facility in Columbia and will serve all of the stores in the chain.
About 100 employees are being relocated to Columbia as a result of the corporate transition, a big ...