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Re:Pharmacies take a $10B hit as Amazon lands Whole Foods deal by opportune on Friday June 16, 2017 @03:02PM (#14571780)
The mere possibility of Amazon entering the pharmacy sector poses a threat to their businesses. And since Amazon purchased Whole Foods, Wall Street analysts probably think that the likelihood of Amazon entering this sector is now higher than before, because Amazon just acquired a number of physical retail locations in which they could place pharmacies.

Also worth noting that this is businessinsider... not exactly the pinnacle of business journalism. There were probably other market events affecting CVS / Walgreens today other than Amazon's acquisition.

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Re:Pharmacies take a $10B hit as Amazon lands Whole Foods deal by gehwartzen on Friday June 16, 2017 @03:40PM (#14572037)
It seems like Amazon would be much more likely to enter the Pharmacy market by going the ExpressScripts mail-order route by leveraging their logistical expertise vs going B&M
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Re:Pharmacies take a $10B hit as Amazon lands Whole Foods deal by adwi on Friday June 16, 2017 @07:20PM (#14573277)
Yes. I could see Pillpack being a fit as well.
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