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Oct 2023
CVS vs. Walgreens | Clinic Bait | 2
It’s the late 1990s and CVS and Walgreens are battling for control of the nation’s best street corners and there’s a huge prize at stake.Tens of millions of boomers are about to turn grey and thanks to new drugs and prescription insurance they will soon be spending billions at th ... Show More
35m 35s
Oct 2023
CVS vs. Walgreens | A New Prescription | 3
It’s 2009 and Walgreens is in crisis. It’s just lost its CEO and surrendered its top-dog status to CVS.But it’s about to fightback. It’s got a plan to launch itself onto the world stage and sock it to the pharmacy benefit managers that are eroding its profit margins.But when its ... Show More
33m 16s
Nov 2023
CVS vs. Walgreens | The Doctor is In | 4
It’s 2013 and CVS boss Larry Merlo is formulating a plan to wipe two-billion dollars off of the company’s sales by stripping cigarettes from the chain’s shelves.But while Merlo seeks to forge a tobacco-free future for CVS, over at Walgreens the pressure is mounting on CEO Greg Wa ... Show More
36m 16s
Nov 2021
Walgreens Wants to be Your Doctor
Walgreens is transforming its pharmacies and retail stores into one-stop primary health care providers, with CEO Roz Brewer and her team planning to roll out 600 full-service clinics nationwide by 2025. It has invested $5.2 billion in primary care provider VillageMD as a partner ... Show More
32m 23s
Mar 2024
Major Chains Start Selling Abortion Drugs
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Sep 2022
CVS Shells Out $8 Billion for Home Health Care Company
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Mar 2019
A New Green Deal: CVS To Sell CBD
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Jul 2020
The Doctor Is In--The Drug Store
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Mar 2020
With Coronavirus in View, Drugstores Make Prescription Delivery Free
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Jan 2025
Saving Barnes and Noble | The Emperor of Little Italy | 1
In the 1970s, Leonard Riggio buys the famous New York bookstore Barnes & Noble and turns it into a national chain. But as the decades pass and retail shifts around him, Leonard struggles to adapt to the digital age as a new rival emerges for Barnes & Noble’s crown.Be the first to ... Show More
34m 1s
Mar 2021
Cola Wars Pt. 1
In 1886, an Atlanta-area pharmacist created an American institution: Coca-Cola. Seven years later, their rival, Pepsi, debuted. Since then, the soda giants have battled for market dominance. How far would they go to come out on top? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcast ... Show More
41m 58s
Feb 2022
Mark Cuban Takes on Drug Prices
Today is Wednesday, February 2, and we're looking at Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company vs. CVS.Listen ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App. https://wondery.app.link/bwdailySee Privacy Policy ... Show More
4m 24s
It’s 1895 and Chicago’s a boom town that’s overflowing with pharmacies. But one drugstore is about to emerge from the city’s mass of small-time drugstores and become a national force. It’s name is Walgreens and by the late 20th century it will be spreading nationwide and looking unbeatable.But then a multi-billion-dollar shoe company bets everything on a lit ... Show More
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