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April 12, 2013

Motley Fool: New metric to measure store productivity?

There may be a new metric to track retail success or failure, according to a Motley Fool article posted last week — employees per thousand square feet. The metric helps draw a correlation between service and sales productivity.

January 2, 2013

Stock market rebounds following 'fiscal cliff' compromise

Wall Street on Wednesday celebrated the "fiscal cliff" compromise as stocks across the board were trading up by some 200 basis points. As of noon, the Dow was up 1.7% and Nasdaq 2.3%.

October 5, 2011

Motley Fool: Building charging stations at the drug store? 'Brilliant'

The Motley Fool on Tuesday published an article heralding Walgreens' foresight in building charging stations for electric vehicles at its stores.

January 26, 2011

Cash is king and chain drug is on an upswing

The Motley Fool on Tuesday suggested all three national pureplay drug chains were in a better position today than five and three years ago based on a metric called the “cash king margin.”

May 14, 2009

Rite Aid shares climb above $1 — major hurdle cleared for No. 3 drug chain

Rite Aid has been fighting off the delisting of its shares trading on the New...