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Drugstores & Rx
Market Cap: $55.5B | Avg Mkt Cap: $3.7B
Updated Feb-08 5:15 PM ET (News & Data)


Special Report Annual Report 2008
Like their counterparts in other retail pharmacy channels, the people who run the nation’s national and multiregional drug store chains can point to some recent victories on the policymaking and legislative front as they grapple with economic uncertainty. Nevertheless, the nation’s largest drug store operators are facing growing questions about such issues as store saturation, at least in the near term; increasingly fickle consumers with more choices for pharmacy than ever; the slowdown in blockbuster drug approvals; and the ability of supply-chain management automation and other data-driven inventory efficiencies to continue outpacing shrinking margins at the pharmacy and front end. Skyrocketing gas prices—which ratchet up trucking and inventory shipping costs—and rising import costs, among other global economic concerns, also are roiling the retail sales picture.
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Walgreens Promotes Exec
Walgreens promoted Steven Lubin to divisional VP and the new position of general manager of marketing for non-mainland operations. Lubin will be responsible for the marketing needs of customers in Puerto Rico and Hawaii. Lubin joined the company in 1970 as a stock clerk in Chicago, and has rise - Chain Store Age
- Walgreen Company [ 37.88 +1.20% ]

Rite Aid Names Senior VP, Human Resources
Rite Aid Corp. announced Monday that Steve Parsons has been promoted to senior VP, human resources. He previously served as Rite Aid Group VP, human resources. In his new position, Parsons, 43, will be responsible for all aspects of human resources, including compensation and benefits, training - Chain Store Age
- Rite Aid Corporation [ 2.89 -0.69% ]

Walgreens January Same-Store Sales Rise
Walgreens Co. on Monday said same-store sales rose 3.8% in January, helped by higher pharmacy and front-end sales. Total sales for the month grew 9.6% to $4.96 billion. Front-end same-store sales grew 3.1% while pharmacy same-store sales rose 4.2%. Same-store pharmacy sales fell 4.2% becau - Chain Store Age
- Walgreen Company [ 37.88 +1.20% ]

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 Top Companies - Drugstores & Rx

1. CVS Corporation $58.7B
2. Walgreen Company $37.5B
3. Rite Aid $2.3B
4. Omnicare Incorporated $2.2B
5. Longs Drug $1.5B
6. PetMed Express $270.6M
7. drugstore.com inc. $220.9M
8. Advanced Nutraceuticals $0.0M
9. Allergy Research $0.0M
10. Caremark Rx $0.0M
11. Chronimed Inc. $0.0M
12. Duane Reade $0.0M
13. Jurak Corporation $0.0M
14. Natural Health $0.0M
15. Twinlab Corporation $0.0M

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Walgreens Full Throttle
Walgreen Co.’s, the crown jewel of chain drug store retailing, is struggling with a scary economic outlook, an anemic flu season, margin pressures in generic prescription drugs and high labor costs. Despite these challenges, Walgreens remains the fastest-growing pharmacy retailer in construction of new stores, adding 536 new units in fiscal 2007 and pushing past the 6,000-store mark.
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CVS Caremark Corp.
Chain Store Guide’s Top Company Profile of CVS Caremark Corp. is the definitive analytical tool you need to maximize your selling potential and growth opportunities in rapidly changing markets. Examine 10 years of historical growth and financial performance, evaluate market share position against key competitors, determine your best market opportunities and then access a complete list of executives, managers, and buyers. This report also provides company specific marketing/branding and merchandising initiatives, maps of geo-coded store openings/closings by region, color-coded location density by state, and projected trade area expansion states. This Chain Store Guide report was created to answer your business needs.
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Supervalu
With the merger of Albertsons and Supervalu in June 2006, a new giant stood astride the U.S. food and drug marketplace. And with its first year of combined operations behind it, the energized Supervalu and its nearly 200,000 employees are learning to run a new kind of retail entity by weaving together the best elements and scale of diverse retail holdings without sacrificing local market brand identification.
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Special Report Generic Drugs 2007   Price: $19.99
Expanded chain strives to set industry pace   Price: $19.99

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