Eric Bosshard
Eric Bosshard
expected expense job prior seen
Walgreen did a better job than expected in expense management, something we had not seen in prior quarters.
across improved improving momentum people seems start tend
We've seen, really across the store, improving results. Part of it seems to be better merchandising, part of it seems to be improved execution, and part of it is just momentum -- once people start going to a store, they tend to return.
appears bit certainly flu impact medicare near noise results season seen softer volumes
We've seen all of the drugstores have softer results so the flu season appears to be part of it. There certainly can be some noise surrounding Medicare implementation, and that may be having a little bit of an impact on (prescription) volumes on the near term, but I don't know that it's anything more than that.
compared peers sales seeing
That's pretty disappointing compared to what their peers are reporting, ... When you look at CVS and Walgreen, you're seeing sales up by 13 or 14 percent.