Be independent but not alone. If you ve imagined running your own business and leaving your job for more independence, putting your valuable experience and skills at work towards your own benefit, exercising your creativity and talent and having an impact on your customers and community, MyDollarstore, Inc. can make those imaginings real. Franchising has become the most popular method for conducting business because you're supported by a network of similar businesses and yet independent. According to the Houston Business Journal (8-17-2000), franchise sales annually by more than 316,000 Dollar Stores retail units in the USA have surpassed $1 trillion.