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• Stores get 'what they need to operate'

  - 2005-07-25

  WARWICK, R.I. -- With 40 years as a Brooks Pharmacy associate under his belt, Don Kinney knows what it takes to operate a drug store. As vice president of store operations at Brooks prior to the chain's acquisition of 1,549 Eckerd Corp. outlets last year, Kinney had pretty much...

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• Accelerating population prompts continual store growth: the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill region has drawn a slew of top-drawer pharmacy competitors into the drug store arena. Among them: Brooks, CVS, Kerr Drug and Walgreens

  - 2005-06-06

  For bare-knuckled competition among top pharmacy competitors, it's hard to beat the show going on in Raleigh, N.C. Selected by Money as one of the nation's most livable cities and tapped by the U.S. Census Bureau as one of the fastest-growing areas of the country with some 1.3 million...

  Tags: Brooks Pharmacy, CVS Corp., Eckerd, Kerr Drug Inc., Walgreen Co.

• Brooks Pharmacy charity event

  - 2005-04-11

  At Brooks Pharmacy's An Evening with the Legends II charity event, which benefited the United Way of Rhode Island, are above American Greetings' Ron Levine and Steve Willensky, Brooks-Eckerd's Michel Coutu and American Greetings' John Sullivan and Gary Baker, as well as Brooks-Eckerd's David Morocco right. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

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• Drug chains are making it happen

  - 2005-03-28

  NEW YORK -- As one of chain drug retailing's most mature categories, skin care is an area that is constantly evolving. Besides new technologies that are helping to revolutionize the category, the way retailers merchandise skin care and the products they choose to put on their shelves play a...

  Tags: Brooks Pharmacy, CVS Corp.

• Eckerd breakup makes Brooks major Rx player

  - 2005-03-14

  WARWICK, R.I. -- While CVS is the country's leading dispenser of prescriptions, it faces intense competition in many markets. And the same deal that catapulted CVS to the top of the pharmacy industry dramatically heightened the competitiveness and geographic scope of what had been just a New England rival--Brooks...

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• Meeting consumers needs: Brooks Pharmacy buyer Matt Kirk says making solid sales means putting the consumer first.(RETAIL PERSPECTIVES)

  - 2005-01-01

  CANDY BUYING ISN'T ALWAYS about analyzing sales figures, poring over spreadsheets and examining growth charts. For instance, 2004 PROFESSIONAL CANDY BUYER OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD winner Matt Kirk says his job involves much more than stocking shelves with top-selling items. Kirk, director of...

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• PhotoChannel Networks Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, through its agreement with Konica Minolta Photo Imaging USA Inc., Mahwah, N.J., signed a contract with Maxi Drug Inc., operating as Eckerd Pharmacy and Brooks Pharmacy.(Industry Notes)

  - 2004-12-08

  * PhotoChannel Networks Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, through its agreement with Konica Minolta Photo Imaging USA Inc., Mahwah, N.J., signed a contract with Maxi Drug Inc., operating as Eckerd Pharmacy and Brooks Pharmacy, to provide PhotoChannel online photofinishing.

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• Brooks Pharmacy in Rhode Island introduces specialized hair-color system.

  - 2004-10-30

  By Paul Grimaldi, The Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 30--PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brooks Pharmacy, in an attempt to stand out, is testing a new hair-color mixing system aimed at stealing business from salons. Developed by a...

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• Walgreens, CVS remain dominant

  - 2004-10-11

  NEW YORK -- It does not have the most stores, but Walgreen Co. has a resounding lead in top market shares. Walgreens has the No. 1 share in 40 of the 100 largest drug store markets in the country. CVS Corp., which has several hundred more stores than Walgreens,...

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• Unlocking the door to profitability

  - 2004-09-27

  Call it a made for retail version of the classic cliffhanger, "The Lady and the Tiger." Ahead lie two doors. Behind one, an undertamed, underfed tiger, ready to devour the first thing that looks even remotely like a meal; behind the other, a maid of unparalleled beauty, a fairy...

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