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dd’s Discounts
[dee-deez dis-kounts]
What does dd's Discounts mean?
dd’s Discount is a US national chain of off-price department stores owned by Ross Stores.
The dd portion of the store’s name stands for deeply discounted—though some like to stay it really stands for cheap.
Related words:
- discount store
- Marshalls
- Ross Dress for Less
- TJ Maxx
Where does dd’s Discounts come from?
A subsidiary of the California-based Ross Dress for Less, dd’s Discounts (styled dd’s DISCOUNTS) opened its first store in 2004. By 2017, it had over 200 stores in over 15 states, including New Jersey and Pennsylvania on the East Coast.
dd’s Discounts sells brand-name clothing, footwear, accessories, everyday electronics, and miscellaneous home goods below the normal retail prices—hence the name. It advertises special promotions as dd’s dealz and #dddealz.
The company partners with the educational charity First Book and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
😍 We LOVE seeing kids with their new books! Thank you for the picture! We’re so happy our partnership with dd’s DISCOUNTS helped you expand your library! #bookstokids https://t.co/DYL3491dyJ
— First Book (@FirstBook) November 20, 2017
Examples of dd’s Discounts
DD’s discount!! They have such amazing bras there for the low
Coming in June, dd's Discounts, an off-price retailer and subsidiary of Ross Stores, will open its doors in the retail plaza on Governor Printz Blvd.
Who uses dd’s Discounts?
Many shoppers love the value they get at dd’s Discounts.
So my apple headphones broke so I bought these lil $7 headphones at DD’s discounts and 🗣 tell me why, they are fire!!! Like I can legit feel the music all over my body with bass y toda la cosa
— Bryan (@BryanTamayo258) November 15, 2017
In Heaven!!! Y’all know I love a good bargain shop!!! — at dd’s DISCOUNTS https://t.co/3tNrHsfYqU
— ★Diva★ (@the_DivaDior) May 2, 2018
Others, however, mock dd’s Discounts as selling cheap goods and tacky clothing to poor people, ridicule which can have undertones of classism.
I’d rather get a painting w/ a frame from DD’s Discounts for $10 https://t.co/3wOzhkPFoZ
— Jesse Pinkman (@_crism34) May 19, 2017
Shopping at dd’s DISCOUNTS again eh? https://t.co/Xb1wOdbrXx
— Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) January 25, 2018
Woooo shit.
She had a whole lotta nerve to talk about “ugly” while wearing that DD’s Discounts ass suit. https://t.co/AhMlYlpFEs
— Unfuckwittable (@MsReyda) May 3, 2018
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