DRUG STORE PERFORMANCE 2008
Sales and earnings
| Chain drug store volume: |
$210.5 billion |
| Change vs. 2007 |
+7.1% |
| Same-store sales increase: |
+3.4% |
| Chain drug share of total sales: |
74.8% |
| Average volume per chain drug store: |
$6.9 million |
| Average chain drug sales per sq. ft.: |
$685 |
| Chain drug net earnings: |
$3.4 billion |
| Chain net-to-sales ratio: |
1.6% |
| Independent drug store volume: |
$71.0 billion |
| Change vs. 2007: |
+6.8% |
Stores
| Number of chain drug stores: |
24,355 |
| Net change in number for chain drug stores vs. 2007 |
+217 (+0.9%) |
| Chain drug share of total drug stores: |
53.9% |
| Average chain drug store size (selling): |
11,550 sq. ft. |
| Total number of square feet (selling): |
281 million |
| Number of independent drug stores: |
19,785 |
| Net change in number of independent drug stores vs. 2007 |
-825 (-4%) |
Source: Racher Press research.
