We do well enough in our current space, so I don’t see why we wouldn’t do well next door too,” the owner said.

Off-price clothing and home goods retailer Ross Dress for Less has opened a store in the Hempstead Village Commons.

That magenta storefront in Raleigh isn’t just another stop in a sea of discount retailers—it’s the shopping equivalent of finding an extra twenty in your winter coat pocket when you’re flat broke.