CVS sales
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Drug chain credits recent flu season with same-store sales increase of 6.1% for the six weeks ended Jan. 3. The flu season "drove both incremental pharmacy sales and the front-end cough and cold category," President & CEO Tom Ryan says. Other drug chains including Rite-Aid and Walgreen's experienced similar growth (1"The Tan Sheet" Jan. 12, 2004, p. 16). CVS will release fourth quarter results in early February...