Same-store sales down, profits up at CVS
August 8, 2017
CVS reported that stores open at least a year experienced a 2.1 percent decline in sales during the second quarter as customer traffic slowed. The drugstore chain posted net income of $1.1 billion, up nearly 19 percent from the same period in 2016.
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