Walgreen remains on a steady growth path, relatively unabated by industry or competitive threats.
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Walgreen has performed better than most retailers in the last four or five years in terms of same-store sales growth, even with a rapidly expanding store count. They bought some great locations and the fact theyre open 247 is helping drive food sales.
If companies like a Walgreen or a CVS would create a bigger Web site, it would motivate better online traffic, ... But the reason those companies don't create an online presence is that the cost of doing business by adding more warehouses and more shipping is too costly to run.
Walgreen can offer Peapod a number of advantages, including substantial experience in selecting and merchandising health and beauty products, and cost advantages due to our product volumes and efficiencies, ... We believe that our combined efforts in San Francisco will yield a strong consumer offering.
Walgreen did a better job than expected in expense management, something we had not seen in prior quarters.