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Business Rundown: The Disappearing Drugstore Chain

2024/10/21
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Lydia Hu: 报道了美国主要药店连锁店（Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid）正在关闭大量门店的现象，指出这是一种趋势。分析了导致这一现象的多种因素，包括消费者习惯的改变（转向电商购买商品和药品）、药店盈利能力下降（由于药房福利管理机构压低报销率和电商竞争）、以及药店自身转型成本过高（试图成为全面的医疗保健中心）等。同时，Lydia Hu 也表达了对老年人获取药品便利性下降的担忧，以及对独立药店生存困境的关注，并提到了联邦贸易委员会（FTC）正在调查药房福利管理机构的定价行为。 Kelly Saberi: 补充了Lydia Hu的观点，详细阐述了消费者习惯的改变，以及药店产品价格过高、服务质量下降（排队时间长、人手不足）等问题，这些都导致了消费者减少到药店购物。她还分析了药店试图扩展业务范围（成为医疗保健中心）但成本过高，最终不得不回归基础业务的困境。此外，她还比较了亚马逊等电商平台的快速配送服务与传统药店的劣势，指出亚马逊的快速配送服务改变了人们对便利性的定义，对传统药店造成了巨大的冲击。 Lydia Hu: 对美国药店连锁店关闭潮进行了深入的报道和分析，指出这是一个复杂的系统性问题，涉及消费者行为、市场竞争、行业监管等多个方面。她强调了这一趋势对消费者，特别是老年人的影响，并呼吁关注独立药店的生存困境以及药房福利管理机构的定价行为。

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Major pharmacy chains like Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid are closing numerous stores. This trend raises concerns about the future of brick-and-mortar pharmacies and the changing consumer habits affecting them.
  • Walgreens plans to close 1,200 U.S. stores.
  • CVS is closing 900 stores, and Rite Aid has closed over 500 after bankruptcy.
  • Changing consumer habits contribute to the closures.

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Walgreens has announced plans to shutter 1,200 of their US stores. It’s the latest in a trend; CVS reported they would soon close 900 locations and Rite-Aid has already closed 500 stores after filing for bankruptcy.

So why are the days of finding a brick-and-mortar pharmacy on every corner becoming more and more a thing of the past?

FOX Business correspondent Lydia Hu breaks this down with FOX Business’ Kelly Saberi in Chicago. They discuss consumer habits, invasive anti-theft protocols, and pharmacy competitors that are straining the success of America’s drugstore chains.

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