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[marketmaven]

Weak Drug store comps- mild flu season??

Rite Aid Nov same store sales decrease 1.3%; warns on FY05 guidance (RAD) 3.64: Briefing.com consensus +1.1%. Company said that if current sales trends continue, the company's guidance for sales, same stores sales, net income and adjusted EBITDA for fiscal 2005 will fall below the low end of the ranges given on September 23, 2004. At that time the company said it expected sales to be between $16.9-17.0 bln (consensus $16.9 bln), with same store sales improving 2.75% to 3.25%; net income to be between $122 million and $150 million or between $0.16-0.22 per diluted share (consensus $0.21).

CVS Corp Nov same store sales increase 3.1%, Briefing.com consensus +5.0%. (CVS) 45.25:

[cannabis]

Happy Hanukkah.

[extelecom]

-edit. Must have been a delayed reaction!<G>
Curious, SNDK at LOD when mkt at highs... Maybe some problems?
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=4754061

[jdaasoc]

I am awaiting some 4 GB compactflash cards that keep getting arrival date pushed back for about 6 weeks now but 2GB flash cards are in ample supply.

I think SNDK is staying out of unprofitable low end retail sales. LEXR has proved the point convincingly that grabbing shelf space leads to no profits.