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the green years for America's dollar stores. It was during these fertile years that Steven Bakst, a seasoned buyer who has over 20 years experience purchasing closeout and over-stocked merchandise, opened the first Just-A-Buck store, in Poughkeepsie, New York, with his sister, Rochelle. The crowds in the aisles of the flagship Just-A-Buck store reinforced the Baksts’ faith in the dollar store concept. So successful was the first store that the company soon opened more. With each new store, Just-A-Buck refined the concept until they perfected a tried-and-true formula. Finding competent managers to maintain the locations in the prescribed manner wasn’t easy. Unlike some dollar stores often...