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...move is another in a growing series of consolidations as traditional, large-scale drugstore companies try to combat fierce price and product competition from supermarket and mail-order pharmacies. Revco, which has more stores but smaller revenues than CVS, had planned a similar deal last spring with competitor Rite Aid, but the Federal Trade Commission blocked the acquisition over antitrust concerns. The FTC has not yet approved the CVS-Revco deal, but antitrust worries have already arisen over the 275 stores that the chains run in overlapping markets. If the deal receives an official go-ahead, the resulting drug store...
Currently, of PBHA's 1,700 volunteers, only the 56 participants in the organization's Stride Rite leadership development program are paid...
Sometimes "progress" should be stopped dead in its tracks. Two years ago, my sleepy hometown of Chappaqua, New York was rudely awakened by the arrival of a Rite-Aid store in its downtown area. This is not such an unusual event; Rite-Aids, Blockbuster Videos, Staples and similar retail outlets are springing up in cities across America. But to a small suburban hamlet whose downtown district could easily fit inside the walls of Harvard Yard, the coming of such a superstore provided weeks of check-out counter chit-chat. We already had three drug stores within a mile...
...other three drug stores. And perhaps the good citizens of Chappaqua will be able to procure Sudafed at a discounted rate. But what's at stake is much more than Trojans and Pert Plus. The small town way of life, it seems, is rapidly disappearing. The clerks in Rite-Aid won't know my name and ask how school's going when I walk in. They won't extend me "credit" when I'm a dollar or two short. Stores like Rite-Aid probably won't have sidewalk sales during the Strawberry Festival or on Community Day. Will they permit...
...with the same endangered status afforded to other components of American multiculturalism. If we are not careful, gossipy barber shops and other Main Street institutions will find themselves relegated to historical theme parks. For now, only one of Chappaqua's original three drug stores remains open for business. And Rite-Aid thrives. Perhaps we can't fight this; "Gapification" might just be an inevitable stage in the development of capitalism. Maybe it's just a historical stepping stone on the way to something better; we'll just have to wait. In the meantime, I'm fresh out of Advil; maybe...