Bartell Drugs Launches On-Line Shopping Beginning Today, October 2.Business Editors, Health/High-Tech Writers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2000 Bartell Drugs goes "on-line" today (October 2), offering prescription refills and more than 5,000 health and beauty items through www.bartelldrugs.com. Customers can shop online by visiting the Bartell's website and clicking on the "shop online" button. Customers may pick up their order at their neighborhood Bartell Drugs location, or for a fee, have it delivered by U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. or by local courier A monospaced typeface originating from the typewriter that is commonly used for letters. It is still considered by many to be the "appropriate" typeface for business correspondence. . The new online service is being provided through a partnership with Redmond-based CornerDrugstore.com. It marks CornerDrugstore.com's first alliance with a drugstore chain. "We are taking advantage of a proven and effective online sales platform provided by CornerDrugstore.com," said Bartell's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. George D. Bartell. "It's another shopping feature for the convenience of our customers." In addition to shopping, Bartell said the site offers a comprehensive health information "resource center," including health news, a health encyclopedia encyclopedia, compendium of knowledge, either general (attempting to cover all fields) or specialized (aiming to be comprehensive in a particular field). Encyclopedias and Other Reference Books , alternative care library, drug library, a drug interaction database and a health information search engine. The 110 year-old, family-owned Bartell Drug Company is the nation's oldest drugstore chain. It owns and operates 49 stores in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties Pierce County is the name of five counties in the United States:
CornerDrugstore.com serves over 1,250 community pharmacies across the U.S. It is the only Internet company which is exclusively endorsed by the National Community Pharmacists This is a list of notable pharmacists.
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