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Articles in Jan 9, 1989 issue of Drug Store News

• Perry Drug cuts 3rd-party co-payment discounts to preserve its profitability
  by Barbara White
• L.A.'s Horton & Converse acquires three-store chain
• Family planning section a favorite among retailers
• Placement, pricing fuels card dept. growth
• What's hot and why in the consumables category
  by Richard Lawrence
• In 1988 the triumphs outnumbered the tragedies
  by Harold Cohen
• Genovese posts 3rd-qtr. gains in sales, net income
• Merged buying group has 103-chain clout
• Sloban's sharp realty eye key to Drug Barn expansion
• Department visibility is goal of new LaVerdiere prototype
• Chains nourished by snack, candy and c-food sales
• Improved technology drives diagnostic unit market
• Study shows sun care to continue growth in '89
  by Elizabeth Parks
• APhA blasting 'crooked' pharmacist criteria
• Chain names 3 as Roger Grass leaves
• Fay's eyes $1 billion sales, planning entry into Vt., N.H
• The top 10 hottest categories
• Chains capitalizing on future growth of paperback sales
• Film develops into front-end chain staple
• New 'candy bar' helpful in lowering of cholesterol
• Perry's 11% 4th qtr. sales increase spurs chain to operational profitability
• Albertson's to buy 8 Texas Tom Thumbs
• Arbor Drugs continuing its roll
• Walgreens' technological challenge
  by Bruce Buckley
• High SPFs cause sun care sales to shine on chains
• Specialty items give new life to babycare in '89
• Ohio's AZT/Retrovir Fund opts for direct mail delivery
• Serv-U and Rexall join forces to combat undernourishment
• Rite Aid sees 20% earnings drop; newly-bought stores cited; a rebound is anticipated
• Manee named DrSN associate publisher
• Ad proposals draw nary a whimper
  by Ken Rankin
• Buyers say home office supplies still hot despite competition
• Promotions and location charge chain battery sales
• Kaposi's sarcoma treatments receive approval from the FDA
• Bergen's 1st-qtr. sales, earnings set records