DG vs ORAN Comparison

With over 20,000 locations, Dollar General's banner is nearly ubiquitous across the rural United States. Dollar General serves as a convenient shopping destination for fill-in store trips, with its value proposition most relevant to consumers in small communities with a dearth of shopping options. The retailer operates a frugal store of about 7,500 square feet and primarily offers an assortment of branded and private-label consumable items (80% of net sales) such as paper and cleaning products, packaged and perishable food, tobacco, and health and beauty items at low prices. Dollar General also offers a limited assortment of seasonal merchandise, home products, and apparel. The firm sells most items at a price point of $10 or less.

Orange is the incumbent telecom operator in France. The company operates fixed and wireless businesses in France, where it is the market leader ahead of Iliad, Bouygues, and SFR. Orange also has fixed and wireless (convergent) operations in Spain, Poland, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Central Europe (Romania, Slovakia, Moldova). Around 15% of revenue comes from emerging African markets, where the company only operates wireless networks, and 20% comes from the enterprise segment, which serves companies with more than 50 employees in France and internationally.