Family Dollar.JPGFlorida-based Boos Development Group is helping Family Dollar expand with several new stores in the Birmingham area like this one on Graymont Ave. (The Birmingham News/Beverly Taylor)

Family Dollar is expanding its footprint across Alabama as the outlook for discount retail remains strong.

Florida-based Boos Development Group Inc. is helping the Matthews, N.C.-based retailer in its expansion, with more than a dozen new or in-the-works stores in the state, including about a half-dozen in Birmingham alone.

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