So Rite-Aid continues to do well: Shares of Rite Aid were up slightly Thursday morning by 3% to more than $8.85 in early morning trading, following the company’s report of March results. For the four weeks ended March 28, overall same-store sales increased 4.3%, with a front-end same-store sales increase of 2.5% and pharmacy Read More…
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Retail trends
Easter Is Here!!
Easter is here and yesterday was another crazy day of last-minute shoppers, as always some complaining because we ran out of Cadbury Eggs (sorry, but we’ve had them for almost 3 months, you had your chance) and others complaining about the cost of a greeting card (Yes, $6.99 is a lot for a greeting Read More…
Sunday Soapbox–Robotic Dialogues
Recently Walgreens told their employees they no longer need to say “Be Well” after their interaction and are not required to say “Welcome to Walgreens” either. The writer of the article below, however, has a problem with them now encouraging employees to use customer’s names where possible, since he doesn’t want the clerk remembering Read More…
Hot Rumor: Will Walgreens acquire Rite Aid?
An interesting rumor to be sure. Walgreens has never been as aggressive on acquisitions as CVS has, but acquiring Rite-Aid would be a major coup and blow them past CVS in store size and sales. More importantly, they would also gain power for its PBM side of the business and make them a Read More…
New store puts Rite-Aid back in growth game | RetailingToday.com
I was not at all aware that it’s been 5 years since Rite-Aid opened a new store. Of course there’s not many drug stores opening up in my area since it’s pretty much saturated, CVS hasn’t opened a new store in South Orange County for at least 7 years but both they and Walgreens Read More…
CVS Goes Platinum to Go Green
CVS has begun adding environmentally progressive and energy efficient stores. I’m sure the key there is: energy efficient=saves money but it’s great that it helps the environment as well. Most CVS stores have already installed LED lights in their coolers as well. The new “Platinum” stores are well-lit using natural light, which will make Read More…
This Is a Lot of Bull
Red Bull North America is expanding its Editions line of beverages. Consumers can now expect to see Red Bull Orange Edition, Red Bull Cherry Edition and Red Bull Yellow Edition on store shelves. The company noted that the new beverages will meet a blossoming demand for zero-calorie flavored energy drinks — a Read More…
Where Do CVS Customers Buy Tobacco Now?
Well here’s part of the answer. Rite-Aid reported that their front end same-store sales were up 1.2% for 2014, while CVS reported theirs were down 4.0%, and for the last quarter Rite-Aid was up 2% while CVS dropped a whopping 7.0% over the last 3 months of the year. Walgreens was up 1.3% in Read More…
7 Retail Trends That Will Shape How You Shop In 2015
I’m not too sure about the first one, Amazon is so damn good at what they do I can’t see them getting challenged but I suppose eventually they will get some chinks in their armor. The second one is already happening where I work and will continue to be a thing for a while. Read More…
No Rest for the Working, Why Retail Hours Suck
As brick-and-mortar retail sales continue to decline, employers are struggling more and more to fill their scheduling needs with less and less employees and hours. As a result, it becomes difficult to keep from scheduling people in a way that makes them happy and/or productive. Laws are now being introduced to minimize what we Read More…