CVS/Pharmacy Completes Cincinnati Market Entrance With Conversion of 78 Revco Stores.CINCINNATI Cincinnati (sĭnsənăt`ē, –năt`ə), city (1990 pop. 364,040), seat of Hamilton co., extreme SW Ohio, on the Ohio River opposite Newport and Covington, Ky.; inc. as a city 1819. , Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1998-- Event at new 6th and Race Street store creates cornerstone cornerstone Ceremonial building block, dated or otherwise inscribed, usually placed in an outer wall of a building to commemorate its dedication. Often the stone is hollowed out to contain newspapers, photographs, or other documents reflecting current customs, with a view to of Central Business District revitalization re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. CVS (1) (Concurrent Versions System) A version control system for Unix that was initially developed as a series of shell scripts in the mid-1980s. CVS maintains the changes between one source code version and another and stores all the changes in one file. Announces Plans for Seven New Stores by Year-End year-end also year·end n. The end of a year. adj. Occurring or done at the end of the year: a year-end audit. Noun 1. CVS/pharmacy announces today the conversion of 78 Revco stores throughout the Cincinnati area and their plans to build seven new stores by year-end. Once home to the former Revco pharmacy pharmacy, art of compounding and dispensing drugs and medication. The term is also applied to an establishment used for such purposes. Until modern times medication was prepared and dispensed by the physician himself. In the 18th cent. chain, the state of Ohio is now CVS's largest market in the nation. Once all Revco stores are converted, CVS will operate more than 407 stores statewide. The completion of the Cincinnati conversions represents a major milestone in CVS's plan to convert more than 2,000 Revco stores nationally by the end of 1998. CVS/pharmacy, based in Woonsocket, RI, began converting Revco stores to CVS stores after its purchase of the chain in May 1997. "We're delighted to announce the Revco conversions in Cincinnati, where customers are already responding enthusiastically to what CVS has to offer," says Larry Merlo, CVS/pharmacy VP Stores. "Our goal is to deliver convenience and superior customer service to Cincinnati. We want our customers to think of CVS as a resource for exceptional pharmacy care and the variety of other products and services we offer. Our convenient locations and hours make us the store for today's busy, time-starved customers. Our high quality service, broad merchandise selection and everyday low prices are what keep customers coming back and have made CVS/pharmacy a market leader in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic markets." While Cincinnati-area consumers are experiencing a change in the pharmacy retail landscape, one thing they can look forward to is seeing familiar faces at the checkout and pharmacy counters. "We are pleased to have retained the majority of Revco store employees since the acquisition," says Merlo. CVS currently employs approximately 1,100 people in the greater Cincinnati area and approximately 8,200 in the state of Ohio. CVS/pharmacy customers are experiencing contemporary features such as wider shopping aisles, brighter lights, clearly visible in-store signage to make locating products easier, and CVS's signature wall-to-wall carpeting for a comfortable and quiet shopping experience. Customers are also enjoying the CVS Gold Emblem brand, CVS's high quality private label merchandise. These products include health and beauty and over the counter merchandise as well as convenience food, beverage and stationery The term for boilerplate in the Eudora mail client, starting with Version 3.0. Stationery files are stored on disk and brought into new messages or added to replies. See boilerplate. items. CVS/pharmacy is the leading drug store chain in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Midwest. The company operates approximately 4,000 stores in 25 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). with expected 1998 annual revenues of more than $15 billion and dispenses 12% of all retail prescriptions in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . CVS/pharmacy, with a focus on customer service, seeks to provide customers with "Care that touches everyone...one at a time."
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