"Sierra fisher" wrote in message
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Don't blame Wal-Mart for K-Mart and Rit-Aids problems. The entire chain
of
K-Mart went into bankruptcy because management didn't know what they
wanted
to do. Rit-Aid, eventhough it was started by two large drug companies,
continuously teeters on the edge of bankruptcy because drugs are a very
small part of their business, and they haven't yet firues out how to
compete
against Target, K-Mart and Wal-Mart with non-drug items. In many ways
they
are just a small Wal-Mart. and are competing with the locally owned drug
stores that were here for years.

Around here, the Rite-Aid stores now compete with gas stations, selling
every damned thing. And, the stores pop out of the ground like weeks.
Reminds me of two comedians' jokes about Starbucks. From one comedian whose
name I forget: "The 1300th Starbucks just opened in the bathroom of the
1299th Starbucks". And, from George Carlin: "There is now a Starbucks in my
pants!"