Re:CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoking
by hackuser on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @12:24AM
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I've read that the drug store chains don't think they have a future selling products that people can buy online, and are switching to healthcare services (flu shots, mini-clinics, etc.), and that they see advocating for health issues as marketing, while selling something like cigarettes is incompatible with their new image and mission.
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Re:CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoking
by lucaspiller on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @01:16AM
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In the UK drugstores are pretty much extinct, and are most commonly found as a desk in a supermarket. The UK is a bit different though in that supermarkets have sold non-prescription drugs and similar items you'd only find in a drugstore elsewhere for a long time.
Re:CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoking
by soup10 on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @05:07AM
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Cigs bring lots of people in the door, like fuel at a gas station. Probably not a profitable decision. Will lose plenty of regular customers. Could be exec has personal reasons for it, like a family member death.