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Retail >> Rite Aid SWOT Analysis:
Strengths
  • Large market share position in some markets
  • Focus on RX
  • Management team capable of integrating Brooks-Eckerd acquisition
  • Focus on customer support
  • Strategic alliance with GNC
  • Strategic Partnership with drugstore.com
  • Online presence at riteaid.com
  • Store cleanliness.
  • Internal communications network.

 
Weaknesses
  • Old store base
  • Inconsistent store experience from West vs. East coast
  • Declining market share
  • Low sales productivity
  • Less convenient real estate than Walgreens, CVS, WalMart
  • Lacks PBM scale
  • Poor private label equity
  • Huge long term debt ($5.69 billion)
  • Operating at a loss
  • Low side of industry for Pharmacist Pay
Opportunities

 
 
 [*] Aging population
 [*] New generic drugs
 [*] Expanding Drug Market
 [*] Private label growth
 [*] Leverage acquisition of Brooks-Eckerd
 [*] Passage of Healthcare reform Bill (33 million more insured customers)
 [*] diagnostic testing through DNA
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Threats
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 [*] Integration
 [*] Competitive pressure from pharmacies and other channels
 [*] Eroding market share
 [*] Higher mix of RX which has lower margins
 [*] Political uncertianty
 [*] Shortage of qualified Pharmacists
 [*]Dan Carcillo
 Valuing employers
 

History: Version 17 (Newest), Version 16, Version 15, Version 14, Version 13, Version 12, Version 11, Version 10, Version 9, Version 8, Version 7, Version 6, Version 5, Version 4, Version 3, Version 2, Version 1 (Oldest)



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