(NEWSnet/AP) — Discount retailer Dollar Tree says it’s looking at options for the Family Dollar stores that it owns, including a possible sale of the brand.

Dollar Tree said Wednesday that alternatives also include a spinoff or other disposition of the business.

Dollar Tree acquired Family Dollar nearly a decade ago for more than $8 billion after a bidding war with rival Dollar General.

But the company has had difficulty incorporating Family Dollar into its business and recently announced that it would close nearly 1,000 stores, with most of them being Family Dollar locations.

Last year Dollar Tree launched a comprehensive review of Family Dollar, which included the planned closure of about 970 underperforming Family Dollar locations.

Dollar Tree said that it doesn’t have a set deadline or timetable for completing its review of strategic alternatives.

Dollar Tree, which has stores under the brands Family Dollar, and Dollar Tree Canada and its namesake, was operating 16,397 stores across 48 states and five Canadian provinces as of May 4.

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