What happens when a culture is driven by the need for money to make more money

Re:What happens when a culture is driven by the need for mon... by raverbashing on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @02:50PM (#10548816)

I guess that funnily enough, the big irony of the text is that to do this: "people should be trying their own crazy things" a lot of this is only possible because the cost of certain things have been brought down by consolidations

There's nothing special in a pharmacy. It's a cookie-cutter business.

Build something truly new and innovative, don't try to compete for profit shavings and established markets unless you have 5 aces up your sleeve (like, drone delivery of prescription or something)

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Re:What happens when a culture is driven by the need for mon... by mjb394 on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @07:26PM (#10550443)

Pharmacies might be cookie-cutter businesses in your experience, but in a place with the density of NY, why should they be? Why can't there be a compounding pharmacy that specializes in pre-natal care, so the pharmacists and technicians are exceptionally well versed in various remedies for things like morning sickness, swelling, any sort of ailment that pregnancy can bring, who know pregnancy better than any doctor in terms of what products work best and in what combinations, in addition to stocking an assortment of complementary non-prescription items, all chosen because they are uniquely suited for the kinds of issues pregnant women specifically have.

Ditto cancer. Ditto orthopedics. Ditto MS and musculoskeletal problems. Ditto pediatrics. Communities exist around all of these things because people need a place to find that information and get their questions answered. Why couldn't that place be the exact type of business that exists to address people's health needs?

It could be a business built around serving the needs of a minority (yet significant) population exceptionally well, instead of being a bland cookie-cutter store that serves everyone pretty much okay, unless something goes wrong and the 22 year old pharmacy tech who has never even had a conversation with someone with your particular health concern remarkably doesn't know how to help you.

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Re:What happens when a culture is driven by the need for mon... by raverbashing on Thursday November 12, 2015 @05:44AM (#10552373)

Pharmacies are a complicated issue because of regulation

But you have 'regular' grocery stores in NY and also the small ethnic product ones.

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