More Retail Health News: Walgreens Enters CVS Market here in Masssachusetts

From the Boston Globe, Walgreens looks to open retail clinics in Mass: A Take Care spokeswoman, Lauren Tierney, said yesterday that the company expects to open the first of its Bay State clinics in the fall. The company currently operates 173 clinics in 14 states and intends to have 400 running nationwide by the end of the year. Tierney said the...

Starbucks introduces… coffee.

Some of you might know my obsession with Starbucks — not the coffee as much as the corporate juggernaut that is the Starbucks Coffee Company.  What other corporate do you know that has a half dozen books written on its history, management style, stock price, lore and so on?   To wit: it is the only retail store known that can open two...