AP Spotlight Nearly 30% of US drugstores closed in one decade, study shows TOM MURPHY Associated Press Dec 4, 2024 Dec 4, 2024 Updated Jun 9, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nearly three out of 10 U.S. drugstores that were open during the previous decade closed by 2021, new research shows.kAmq=24< 2?5 {2E:?@ ?6:893@C9@@5D H6C6 >@DE GF=?6C23=6 E@ E96 C6E2:= A92C>24J 4=@DFC6D[ H9:49 42? 49:A 2H2J 2E 2=C625J =:>:E65 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^2CE:4=6^A92C>24:6D\4:E:6D\3=24<\=2E:?@\2446DD\5CF8DE@C6\_cbd2g``_bfc2ehddh2feagha6e3bfgbQm42C6 @AE:@?D :? E9@D6 4@>>F?:E:6Dk^2m[ C6D62C496CD D2:5 :? 2 DEF5J AF3=:D965 E9:D H66< :? w62=E9 p772:CD]k^AmkAmkDA2?m%96 EC6?5 A@E6?E:2==J 82:?65 >@>6?EF> D:?46 E96 DEF5JVD E:>67C2>6[ 3642FD6 >2?J 5CF8DE@C6D 2C6 DE:== DECF88=:?8] x? 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Business Walgreens to close 1,200 US stores in an attempt to steady operations By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer
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