Walgreens and CVS close more locations, from tomorrow
The two pharmacie chains continue with mass closures.
The stores have started to fall like flies once the pandemic struck, and although the closures have certainly slowed down, the retail apocalypse is far from over. Only this year, companies like Bed bathtub and beyond ,, Tuesday morning , And Christmas tree shops have chosen to close completely, closing all their stores in the process. Other companies prevent such a drastic action by bringing their retail footprint. Even the two largest pharmacie chains in the country, Walgreens and CVS, are in the middle of mass closings. Read the rest to find out where these companies are closing the locations afterwards.
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CVS closes one of its stores tomorrow.
Some CVS customers in California should lose their local pharmacy this week. The company is Plan to close one of its stores in Roseville, California, the Sacramento Business Journal reported for the first time in July. According to the media, panels displayed at the location on Pleasant Grove Blvd. In the passage of the Roseville Highlands, said that its closing date would be on August 16.
CVS spokesperson Amy Thibault said to Sacramento Business Journal That all the prescriptions for the Highland Crossing Store will be transferred to a nearby CVS on Foothills BLVD.
"Maintaining access to pharmacy services in the communities we serve is an important factor that we consider when making store decisions," said Thibault. "Other factors include the dynamics of the local market, population changes, the density of the stores in a community and ensure that there are other geographic access points to meet the needs of the community."
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Walgreens also closes two locations this month.
For its part, Walgreens plans to close two separate locations this month. These closures Impact a store in Berkeley, California, Berkeleyside reported, and another Robinwood, Maryland ,, The hemorrometer reported. The two should close definitively on August 23.
According to Berkleyyyside, the closure of Berkeley Walgreens is located in a building which will soon be demolished to make room for a 25 -storey building and 326 units.
Meanwhile, close it Robinwood Walgreens, located on the Meritus Health medical campus, was recently at the center of a trial between the pharmacy chain and the medical center, according to The hemorrometer . Walgreens had continued the Meritus hospital after opening its own pharmacy for the public, but the two settled the amicable trial earlier this year.
"While we are going ahead on our strategy to extend the role of Walgreens as a leader in the provision of local health care, we focus on creating the right network of stores in the right places to best respond to the needs of the communities we serve, "said Walgreens spokesman Marty Maloney said The hemorrometer .
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Another CVS location ends in September.
Like Walgreens, CVS plans to close two of its stores in the coming weeks. But the second closure of the company will take place next month.
CVS is Fence of a location In West Hartford, Connecticut, September 20, reported CT Insider. Thibault told the media that the company had made the "difficult decision" to close its store on Farmington Avenue, noting that the same factors that were taken into account in the closure of Roseville CVS were used for this decision.
Better life Contacted CVS and Walgreens to obtain more information on the four closings to come, and we will update this story with their answers.
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The two companies worked through mass closures.
CVS and Walgreens have reduced their brick and mortar spaces for some time now. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
In November 2021, CVS Health Announced plans For a major overhaul of its operations which included a mass closure. At the time, the company said it planned to "reduce store density in certain places" by closing around 300 stores per year over the next three years for a total of around 900 closures.
"Our retail stores are fundamental for our strategy and which we are as a business", " Karen S. Lynch , Said the president and chief executive officer of CVS Health, in a statement. "We remain focused on the competitive advantage provided by our presence in thousands of communities across the country, which completes our expanding digital presence."
Walgreens has also been busy closing the locations in the past year. And during a June call for investors, CFO Walgreens James Kehoe revealed that the company is Plan to close 450 other stores.
"We will continue to optimize our locations and our opening hours, and we are waiting to close 300 additional locations in the United Kingdom and 150 locations in the United States," Kehoe said during the call.
