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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
- 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...
- Research articles 2005-06-06
- As majors do battle, new adversaries dig in
- Since the 1950s, Phoenix has consistently been one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. The Phoenix metropolitan area now is home to more than 3.3 million residents and is the 11th largest market in the country. So it's no surprise that Phoenix is considered a prime market...
- Research articles 2002-12-16
- Drug stores' HBA prices bested by Wal-Mart in St. Petersburg
- ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A pricing comparison of health and beauty care items at Wal-Mart and three major drug store retailers revealed Wal-Mart as the most inexpensive place to purchase health and beauty care products. That Wal-Mart would emerge as the low-price leader of a pricing comparison, while rather...
- Research articles 2002-10-21
- Breaking down market share
- If increased market share in the top 10 metro markets is any barometer of a national drug chain's well-being, then Rite Aid is certainly on the road to recovery, based on 2001 market share data provided in Metro Market Studies' 2002 Distribution Guide. In fact, Rite Aid pulled off a...
- Research articles 2002-06-17
- Looking for spark after the dot-com fizzle
- What was it Shakespeare said: "Each player has his hour to strut upon the stage and then is seen no more." He was, of course, talking about mortal men and women. However, if he had lived in today's age, his comments would have been appropriate for many of the...
- Research articles 2001-04-23
- Industry growth built on brick-and-click foundation
- At the risk of entering into yet another hyperbolic discussion of the Internet, it bears mentioning that even a cursory review of last year's published news makes a strong case for saving precious keystrokes by evolving the computer keyboard to include a ".com" key. In January 1999, the cyber-drug...
- Research articles 2000-04-24
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- Lisa Merlin is Chosen One of the Eckerd 100 Through the National Eckerd Salute to Women Program
- ORLANDO, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 26, 1999-- Lisa Merlin House, Inc. announced Thursday that Executive Director, Lisa Merlin, has been chosen as one of The Eckerd 100 through the 1999 Eckerd Salute to Women program. Her nomination was selected from 2,900 local honorees in Eckerd communities. Lisa Merlin, along with...
- Research articles 1999-08-26
- Two firms will split Eckerd stores.(CVS Corp. and Jean Coutu Group Inc. are buying drug stores)(Brief Article)
- J.C. Penney Co. Inc. is selling its financially troubled Eckerd chain of drug stores for $4.5 billion to CVS Corp. and Jean Coutu Group Inc., who will split the 2,800 Eckerd stores in 23 states. Woonsocket, RI-based CVS will get about 1,260 Eckerd st J.C. Penney...
- Research articles 2004-04-12
- Eckerd suit alive; JCPenney still liable
- MIAMI -- A Florida lawsuit first filed in 2002 alleging that Eckerd store managers were unfairly classified as salaried employees has been opened up as class-action, making approximately 1,000 former Eckerd store managers eligible to opt in to the suit. The lawsuit alleges that Eckerd willfully misclassified workers as salary-exempt...
- Research articles 2005-03-14
- Aggressive Eckerd Corp. Picks Up Expansion Pace.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)
- CLEARWATER--Sep. 4--For the second time this year, Eckerd Corp. is accelerating its new-store construction program. Fueling the stepped-up program is customer acceptance of Eckerd's new free-standing stores, which feature drive-in prescription windows, food marts and other conveniences. Beefing up its 1,725 store count fits in...
- Research articles 1996-09-04
- Eckerd to double its Visionworks eye center outlets
- Eckerd to double its Visionworks eye center outlets CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Eckerd will double its Visionworks eye center stores this year in a growth spurt that follows its purchase of three Peoples Eye City Stores, an Eckerd spokesman told Drug Store News. The blueprint calls for adding 14...
- Research articles 1989-05-01
- Eckerd moves forward steadily, skillfully integrating Genovese
- Eckerd Corp., which more than a year ago agreed to acquire Genovese, one of the industry's last regional chain drug store gems, has been moving carefully to convert the 141 Genovese stores to the Eckerd format. Eckerd has stuck to its plan of making Genovese stores compatible to Eckerd, first...
- Research articles 2000-04-10
- JCPenney Completes Sale of Eckerd for $4.5 Billion; $3.5 Billion in Net Cash Proceeds Generated
- PLANO, Texas -- J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) announced that it closed the $4.5 billion sale of its Eckerd drugstore operations on July 31, 2004. The Company generated approximately $3.5 billion in net cash proceeds after taxes, fees and other related costs. As previously announced, The Jean Coutu Group...
- Research articles 2004-08-01
- JC Penney sells Eckerd drug stores for 4.5 billion dollars
- PLANO, Texas AFP ? US department store group J.C. Penney announced it has agreed to sell its Eckerd Drugstores business for 4.525 billion dollars in cash. J.C. Penney, one of biggest department store chains with 150,000 employees and more than 1,000 outlets, said it had agreed to sell the...
- Research articles 2004-04-05
- New Owner of Eckerd Stores in Western New York to Focus on Sales, Service.
- By Matt Glynn, The Buffalo News, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 6--New owner of Eckerd Stores in Western New York to focus on sales, serviceBy Matt Glynn All of Eckerd Drugs' stores in Western New York will remain open and keep...
- Research articles 2004-04-06
- Past Warrants Catch Up with Founder of Eckerd's Life Care Unit.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)
- CLEARWATER, Fla.--The founder of Eckerd Corp.'s new Life Care unit faces felony theft charges stemming from previous jobs in Maryland and Orlando. John J. Hagan, who sold controlling interest in Life Care to Eckerd this year but retains a substantial stake in the venture, was arrested...
- Research articles 1995-07-18
- Eckerd Corp. Moves Its Former Florida Photo Lab Workers to Qualex.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)
- CLEARWATER, Fla.--Feb. 9--Eckerd Corp.'s decision to farm out photo processing work to an Eastman Kodak Co. subsidiary means most of the 100 people employed at the drugstore chain's Clearwater lab will have to move to keep their jobs. The news filtered out among employees who got...
- Research articles 1996-02-09
- Brookfield Properties Corporation: Eckerd Signs 10-Year Lease For 9,000 Square Feet In World Financial Center.
- NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Apr 9, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX Eckerd Drugs selects a downtown site for its first Manhattan store Brookfield Properties Corporation today announced that Eckerd has signed a 10-year lease for 9,000 square feet of prime street level retail...
- Research articles 2003-04-09
- Construction of Two Broomfield, Colo., Eckerd Stores Continues Despite Sale.
- By Alisha Jeter, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 14--BROOMFIELD, Colo. -- Two Eckerd Drug stores under construction in Broomfield are expected to finish, despite a sale of Eckerd announced by parent company J.C. Penney last week. ...
- Research articles 2004-04-14
- Eckerd stores split between CVS, Canada's Jean Coutu.(News & Trends)(Brief Article)
- DALLAS -- J.C, Penney Co. has agreed to sell its Eckerd chain of drugstores for $4.5 billion to CVS Corp, and Canada's Jean Coutu Group Inc. The deal will make CVS the largest drug store operator in the U.S., surpassing Walgreen Co. in total number o ...
- Research articles 2004-05-01
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