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Archive for the 'Rite Aid' Tag

Sweet deals for Rite Aid’s exes…

Friday, April 17th, 2009

While I couldn’t find the exact article by WSJ reporter Mark Maremont that launched Rite Aid’s (RAD) steady decline, I’m pretty sure it was around 10 years ago. (Why that amazing article can’t be found easily with a few clicks of a mouse is another problem for another day, but it shows why newspapers are [...]

Rite Aid, revisited…

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Back in January, I wrote this post about Rite Aid Corporation (RAD), noting that all my neighborhood Rite Aids seemed incapable of consistently stocking mundane items like cleaning supplies and toilet paper.  I referred to this phenomenon, rather snidely, as Soviet Economy Syndrome. One of these local stores was, in its former life, a pleasant, well-stocked Eckerd Drugs. I [...]

Back in the USSR at Rite Aid…

Friday, January 11th, 2008

It’s been a tough week, so I’m in the mood to air my grievances as a grouchy consumer. What is the retail outlet of my discontent? Rite Aid (RAD), which filed its third quarter 10-Q Wednesday, detailing continued losses. Within a few blocks of my home in New York City, I can purchase croissants rivaling [...]