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Despite low electric vehicle sales, retailers quick to install chargers

A Nissan Leaf charging in Portland, Ore. As sales of electric cars pick up, retailers nationwide are installing vehicle charging stations.

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Related Topix: Retail, us Travel, Travel

Fri Feb 10, 2012

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Stocks in Focus Friday: Amazon.com, Micron Tech, Marriott, Walgreen

Amazon.com : Amazon.com will begin selling its Kindle e-readers in Japan as early as April, reports Nikkei.

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Related Topix: Startups, Lexar Media, Retail, Amazon, Semiconductors, Micron Technology, Hotels, Electronics, Marriott International, Financial Markets

Drug Store News

Walgreens takes its circular digital with enhanced deals for multichannel consumer

Walgreens on Friday announced it will publish a digital edition of its weekly advertising circular that will offer additional items through Walgreens.com and the company's mobile applications.

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Freshnews

Walgreens Makes Shopping Easier with Additional Online Savings and New Weekly Ad Circular

Walgreens advertising circular, a Sunday staple read by more than 50 million U.S. consumers each week, has re-launched with a robust digital offering that offers hundreds of additional items through Walgreens.com and its award-winning mobile applications, while the print version gets a new look and feel designed to improve the shopping experience.

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Related Topix: Retail, Life, Holidays, Black Friday

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Walgreens wants to build larger Grand Rapids store on Leonard Street NW

A Walgreens on the southwest corner of Leonard Street and Alpine Avenue NW would be razed and rebuilt under a plan up for city review this later this month.

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Related Topix: Retail, Grand Rapids, MI, Big Box Retailers

Thu Feb 09, 2012

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

2 Consumer Staples Stocks in Trading Spotlight Following Earnings Releases

CVS Caremark Corporation A reported its results for the fourth quarter.A Net income for the drug store rose to $1.06 billion vs.

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Related Topix: Retail, CVS, Financial Markets, CVS Caremark, Rite Aid, Medco Health Solution, Insurance

TheStreet.com

More Pressure on Walgreen for Express Scripts Deal

CVS/pharmacy's "Project Health" Will Deliver More Than $21 Million Worth Of Preventive Health Screening Events Across The U.S. In 2012 CVS raised its first quarter and full-year 2012 guidance because it anticipates a gain of 3 cents a share from Express Scripts' decision to stop covering in-network prescriptions filled at Walgreen at the start of ... (more)

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AmericanBankingNews.com

Walgreen Shares Upgraded to "Outperform" by Macquarie Analysts.

Walgreen was upgraded by research analysts at Macquarie from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating in a report issued on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Retail, Financial Services, Ubs Ag, Banking

Detroit News

Retailers installing chargers despite tepid electric car sales

As sales of electric cars begin to pick up, retailers nationwide are installing electric vehicle charging stations in their parking lots so customers can plug in and charge their vehicles while browsing inside.

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Related Topix: us Travel, Travel, Retail

The Papillion Times

Business digest, Feb. 9

Sprint dug deep into its pockets in the latest quarter to put heavily subsidized iPhones in the hands of its customers.

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Related Topix: iPhone, Apple, Startups, Retail, Yahoo!

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Business Journal

Express Scripts wins $2.4 billion contract from Maryland

The state Board of Public Works approved the deal after St. Louis-based Express Scripts had been in a nearly year-long battle with Rockville, Md.-based Catalyst Rx Maryland Gov.

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Related Topix: Maryland Government, Maryland, Express Scripts, US Governors, Martin O'Malley, Rockville, MD, Retail

Medical Daily

Walgreens, CVS Soon To Launch Sperm Test to Plug Male Infertility Gap

Walgreens and CVS, two of America's largest drugstore chains that already sell more than two dozen kinds of fertility tests, plan to start selling fertility tests for men who want to know whether or not they're producing enough sperm to get a woman pregnant.

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Related Topix: Retail, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Stock Analyst News: OpenTable, Salesforce.com, Kinross Gold, Walgreen, Calpine

OpenTable, Inc. : Collins Stewart believes OpenTable's Q4 results prove investor concerns regarding a growth slowdown and increasing competition are overblown.

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Related Topix: Startups, Salesforce.com, Retail, OpenTable, Salesforce, Software, Calpine, Energy

Fox News

CVS Boosts Forecast; 4Q Meets the Street's View

CVS Caremark Corp expects its full-year profit to be slightly better than expected as it wins over former patrons of Walgreen Co who fill prescriptions with pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Inc .

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Related Topix: Retail, Express Scripts, Business News

Sys-Con Media

Premier Beverage Group (PBGC) Subsidiary Adds Big Name as Brand Ambassador

Premier Beverage's flagship brand, OSO, markets an energy beverage primarily in on-premise venues.

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Related Topix: Marketwire, Retail

Tue Feb 07, 2012

KEYC Television, Mankato, MN

Coinstar, Guess, Walgreen are market movers

NEW YORK - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE McClatchy Co., up 48 cents at $2.72 The publisher of the Miami Herald and other newspapers almost tripled its net income in the latest quarter helped by layoffs.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Guess Inc Et Al, Retail, Financial Markets, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Becton Dickinson, Healthcare Industry, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Jefferies Group, Investment Services

CSP

Duane Reade Flagship Store Wins Design Award

Duane Reade's flagship store in Manhattan's financial district took first place honors in the Convenience Store/Pharmacy category at the Retail Design Institute's 41st annual international awards program last month.

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Related Topix: Retail, Deerfield, IL

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Coinstar and Verizon Double-Team Netflix with Redbox Streaming

The next in a series of challenges to the ubiquitous Netflix , phone company Verizon will team up with Coinstar to start a video streaming service like you've never seen before .

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Related Topix: Verizon Communications, Telecom, Verizon, IT Services, Netflix, Startups, Financial Services, Computers, Coinstar, Retail, Cable & Satellite, Comcast

Examiner.com

Free vitamins (after rebate) at Walgreens

Currently at Walgreens or Walgreens.com, you can purchase vitamins and then submit a rebate and get them for FREE.

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AmericanBankingNews.com

Citigroup (C) Analysts Downgrade Walgreen (WAG) Shares to "Sell"

Walgreen was downgraded by analysts at Citigroup from a "neutral" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Retail, Financial Services, Citigroup, Banking, Ubs Ag

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