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NEWS ABOUT: Walgreens

Walgreens stories: 10 news summaries

Americans Skip Bar, Buy Booze at Grocery Store

Sales of beer, wine surge at convenience shops, drug stores

Oct 29, 09 5:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Recession-strapped Americans are hitting the bar less and less, but they’re not giving up drinking: sales of beer and wine at grocery and convenience stores have ballooned, prompting many shops to start offering alcohol. Between September 2008 and last month, the number of stores selling beer shot up by... More »

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alcohol • beer • drinks • Walgreens • grocery stores

Suit Wants Pharmacies
to Bust Drug Abusers

Lawsuit blames stores for zonked driver's accident

Oct 28, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - When a driver, high on painkillers, ran her car into two guys fixing a flat tire on the side of the highway, killing one of them, the victims' families filed a lawsuit—against the pharmacies that sold the painkillers. That case, pending before the Nevada Supreme Court, will be the... More »

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prescription drugs • drug abuse • CVS • Walgreens • Wal-Mart • prescription painkillers • pharmacy

(Newser) - A fundamental shift is going on in the consumer product world as retailers decide that less is more, the Wall Street Journal reports. Big national retailers are expected to slash selection by at least 15%, analysts say. Gone will be 30% of Kroger’s cereals, 20 of the 24... More »

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retail • consumer products • recession • Walgreens • retail stores • retailing • Wal-Mart • Kroger • retail sector

Walgreens Jettisons
Chia Obama

Afro-sporting pottery planter 'didn't fit our corporate image'

Apr 8, 09 10:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Walgreens has pulled Chia Obama from its shelves, saying the Afro-growing pottery novelty “didn’t fit our corporate image,” the Chicago Tribune reports. “We didn’t want to be subject to any misinterpretation over the product,” said a spokesman, who said he was misquoted yesterday... More »

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Barack Obama • memorabilia • Walgreens • horticulture • novelty • President Obama • what recession?

 Belt-Tightening Spares 
 Older Workers 

Increasingly, companies value maturity, experience of older employees

Jan 21, 09 8:06 AM CST
(Newser) - As companies nationwide cut tens of thousands of jobs, younger workers appear to be taking a hit as companies try to retain older, more experienced employees, reports BusinessWeek. Boomers increasingly have become corporate America’s gold standard: “When you’re in your 50s and 60s, you’re in your... More »

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baby boomer • unemployment • Generation X • Deere and Co • CVS • Walgreens • financial crisis

MARKETS

 Dow Sheds 59 on Ugly Reports 

Indices decline on bad news from Toyota, Walgreens

Dec 22, 08 3:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Stocks fell today after Toyota warned of looming losses and Walgreen announced a reduction in profit, MarketWatch reports. Amid light trading volume, the Dow dropped 59.42 to close at 8,519.69, the Nasdaq fell 31.97, closing at 1,532.35, and the S&P 500 shed 16.... More »

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Toyota • Dow Jones • Nasdaq • Walgreens • ComScore • S&P 500

Retailers Bully Shoplifters for $$

'Civil recovery' systems using threat of legal action to extort funds

Feb 20, 08 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A system designed to compensate retailers for losses incurred by shoplifters has few controls to prevent the extortion or harassment, the Wall Street Journal reports. “Civil recovery” laws allow retailers to turn the names of suspected shoplifters over to collection agencies who demand fees of $200 or much more—... More »

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retail • business • shoplifting • Home Depot • Walgreens • National Retail Federation • Wal-Mart • civil recovery • collection agencies • Civil Demand Associates • Lord & Taylor • Palmer Reifler & Associates • Fair Debt Collection Practices Act • Zellman Group • Beall's

Sex Aids'
Shelf Space, Sales Grow

Wal-Mart, other major chains aren't hiding lubricants and the like

Feb 15, 08 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Be careful letting your kids wander in Wal-Mart—the retail giant and other mainstream stores are devoting more shelf space to sex aids, Newsweek reports, and they aren’t hiding it. Lubricants, oils and even vibrators are increasingly appearing next to contraceptives and pregnancy tests. “Even the more conservative... More »

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CVS • Walgreens • sex aid • Pharmacy • sex toys • retail stores • Wal-Mart • personal lubricant

Groups Ask Feds to Regulate Air Fresheners

Environmental lobby claims scents contain toxins, harm health

Sep 20, 07 6:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Air fresheners contain dangerous chemical compounds linked to asthma, cancer, and developmental problems, said a coalition of environmental groups in petitioning the EPA yesterday to regulate the industry. While most companies denied the charges, Walgreen Co. responded by pulling three fresheners off shelves in its 5,850 stores, the San ... More »

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cancer • toxic chemicals • Environmental Protection Agency • consumer protection • phthalates • Walgreens • asthma • air freshener • benzene • formaldehyde

It's as Plain
as the Glasses on Your Face

Company puts a phone number—and a reward
—on your lost specs

Aug 27, 07 5:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans spent $445 million replacing lost eyeglasses last year; one small company aims to come to the rescue by selling tiny tubes of plastic that shrink unobtrusively onto the eyepiece of spectacles, carrying a code and a phone number. Finders of registered glasses get a small reward, while their owners... More »

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Massachusetts • small business • glasses • eyeglasses • Eyeglass Rescue • CVS • Walgreens

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