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Re:Pharmacies take a $10B hit as Amazon lands Whole Foods deal by CodeWriter23 on Friday June 16, 2017 @04:12PM (#14572282)
Putting pharmacies in a store that caters to those seeking health from food and alternative treatments? Never gonna happen. The Street has its head extremely far up it's ass today.

The more likely play for Amazon to get into the pharmacy business via an acquisition is by buying Target.

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Re:Pharmacies take a $10B hit as Amazon lands Whole Foods deal by copperx on Friday June 16, 2017 @05:41PM (#14572850)
Medications have absolutely nothing to do with food. I am puzzled by your comment. There are, sure, some anti-vaxxers and alternative health kool-aid drinkers who shop at Whole Foods, but I'm pretty sure that's like 1% or so of their clientele.

You can't generalize a target market by the fringe groups that might be part of it.

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Re:Pharmacies take a $10B hit as Amazon lands Whole Foods deal by CodeWriter23 on Friday June 16, 2017 @09:16PM (#14573740)
That's interesting, my doctor (an MD) prescribes nutrition education. So does every other doctor in the same healthcare corporation, Healthcare Partners.
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Re:Pharmacies take a $10B hit as Amazon lands Whole Foods deal by bradyd on Friday June 16, 2017 @04:35PM (#14572448)
But Target sold their pharmacy business to CVS a few years ago.
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