the $2B in lost sales
Holy shit.
Jesus Christ. What bullshit. Cigs have gotten me every babe I've ever bulldozed. Can't believe they're doing this to my good friends: the twitter generation. Unbelievable. CVS should change its name to KVS. Keeping Virgins Sexless.
I thought cigs stopped getting guys laid in the 80's. Am I missing some sarcasm? Sorry, tired today.
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This is big news. They are saying the $2B in lost sales can be overcome by branding themselves more clearly as a healthcare company.
I wonder if other pharmacy chains will follow.
That 2B is going to be tough to overcome unless they do some serious rebranding. I honestly don't see how they'll make it up. If that 2B is from cigarette sales alone, they definitely won't. Smokers drink, so they have to account for shit like beer sales too. Pharmacy pick-ups, etc... They'll lose more than just sales from smokes directly.
That 2B is going to be tough to overcome unless they do some serious rebranding. I honestly don't see how they'll make it up. If that 2B is from cigarette sales alone, they definitely won't. Smokers drink, so they have to account for shit like beer sales too. Pharmacy pick-ups, etc... They'll lose more than just sales from smokes directly.
No way a company like CVS doesn't make a decision like this without doing some pretty intensive modeling and consumer research.
Principled stand considering they will be branding themselves as a health provider. It will hurt walk-in traffic. You know smokers are making other impulse purchases when they go in for cigs. Other states are already banning cig sales in pharmacies already, so they are getting out front on this.
It will be interesting to watch their transition from convenience store with pharmacy in the back to an actual health provider. Wonder if they'll continue to sell snack food and soda given our obesity epidemic. Same rationale would apply, yes?