CVS/pharmacy Converts 101 Revco Stores in Greenville/Spartanburg Area.GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 1998--CVS/pharmacy announces today the conversion of 101 Revco pharmacies in the Greenville/Spartanburg area. The conversion signifies a major milestone in CVS's plan to convert 2,600 Revco stores nationally by the end of 1998. CVS's total South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. store count is now 141, making 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. the largest pharmacy retailer and the number one prescription provider in the state. 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 South Carolina where customers are already responding enthusiastically to what CVS has to offer," says Thomas Ryan Thomas Ryan may refer to:
CVS will continue to upgrade store locations throughout the year. "We have plans to relocate re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. several existing stores to more convenient and easily accessible locations. These stores will feature our prototype design with drive-through pharmacies," says Ryan. The company employs more than 2,800 people in South Carolina, with approximately 2,020 in the Greenville/Spartanburg area. While Greenville/Spartanburg 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 employees since the acquisition," says Ryan. "We felt strongly about creating a positive transition for everyone and wanted to communicate to the former Revco employees that we valued their years of experience and existing community relationships." And as faces remain the same, customers are experiencing CVS/pharmacy's 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 experiencing 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. They operate 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 dispense dispense /dis·pense/ (-pens´) to prepare medicines for and distribute them to their users. dis·pense v. To prepare and give out medicines. 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." CONTACT: CVS Corporation CVS/pharmacy Nancy Christal Fred McGrail 914-722-4707 401-765-1500 x4630 |
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