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Giant Eagle Prepares to Install Health Clinics 

CHICAGO Giant Eagle, Pittsburgh, is getting ready to decide on a health clinic operator and extend the program to 10 stores within 12 months, said Randy...

Image-Sharing Services Vie With Printing, Study Shows 

Retailers concerned about the future of digital imaging must be concerned not just with printing, but also with services that allow consumers to manage and share their photos, according to a report released by InfoTrends last week. ...

Schnucks Adds Two Tennessee Gas Stations 

Schnuck Markets, based in St. Louis, said last week that it will expand its Schnucks Express fuel center lineup by acquiring two existing Memphis-area convenience stores formerly operated as Fill ’n Stations, based out of Cordova, Tenn. ...

H-E-B Opening In-Store Clinics in Austin Area 

H.E. Butt Grocery Co. here has opened five in-store health clinics in the Austin area and plans to open two more by July, the clinic operator said yesterday. ...

House Passes Bill Supporting Military Use of Retail Pharmacy 

Retail pharmacy experienced a victory yesterday in its efforts to dispute mandatory mail-order prescription plans. ...

Wal-Mart Offers Prepaid Internet Phone Cards, Products 

Starting this week, Wal-Mart Stores is offering pre-paid cards for Internet voice and video calling services in the U.S. from Skype, an Internet communications company based in San Jose, Calif., the companies said. ...

Walgreens to Acquire Take Care Health Clinics 

Walgreen Co. reported yesterday that it intends to acquire Take Care Health Systems, Conshohocken, Pa., which operates in-store convenient care clinics. ...

Ahold USA to Voluntarily Restrict Sales of Some Cough Medicine 

Ahold USA said yesterday that its retail pharmacies will voluntarily place an age restriction of 18 years or older for the purchase of dextromethorphan products, effective May 20. ...

NACDS Makes Wirth Vice President, State Government Affairs 

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores named Gary Wirth, vice president of state government affairs, this week. ...

Distributor Source Interlink to Acquire Magazines 

Source Interlink Cos. here, which distributes magazines, books, DVDs and CDs to many supermarkets, has signed a definitive stock purchase agreement to acquire the Enthusiast Media Division from Primedia, New York. ...

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