Walgreen (WAG)

Walgreens is reporting February sales of $5.31 billion, an increase of 3.2 percent from $5.14 billion for the same month in 2009. Sales in comparable stores (those open at least a year) increased 0.4 percent.
February pharmacy sales increased 3.7 percent, while comparable pharmacy sales increased 0.9 percent. Comparable pharmacy sales were negatively affected by 2.4 percentage points due to generic drug introductions in the last 12 months and a lower incidence of flu compared with February 2009. Pharmacy sales accounted for 64.5 percent of total sales for the month.

Mar 4 · 11:01:00 AM · Source: Company Press Release
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