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Retail News Breaks Archives This summer, MinuteClinic is offering a free diabetes monitoring package. Walgreen Co. has closed its acquisition of online retailer drugstore.com, which for now will retain its identity. CVS Caremark Corp. is enhancing its hepatitis C patient support program in the wake of the Food and Drug Administration's recent approval of two new add-on therapies for the disease. Navarro Discount Pharmacy has added e-commerce capabilities to its website that now enable consumers nationwide and internationally to shop online at the South Florida drug store chain. Calendar day shifts augmented robust gains in comparable-store sales in May at Walgreen Co. In line with its preventive health care message, Sam's Club next week plans to offer free men's health screenings. Lifted by gains in the front end and the pharmacy, Rite Aid Corp. continued its same-store sales resurgence in May. Kerr Drug is offering men an innovative option for shaving that's easier on their wallets and on the environment. The approval of a military budget bill paves the way for the Defense Department to steer TRICARE patients to get prescription drugs via mail order instead of at retail pharmacies, according to the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association.
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