- Rite Aid Corp. reported that total January sales fell one percent to $1.26 billion from $1.28 billion a year earlier. Same-store sales were off 0.6 percent.
Total year-to-date drugstore sales rose 1.4 percent to $15.11 billion from $14.91 billion, with same-store sales up 1.7 percent.
- Drugstore.com reported a 47% year-over-year increase in net sales for the full year, to $360.1 million, and fourth quarter 2004 net sales of $103.6 million. The company’s net loss for the fourth quarter was $5.4 million and $47.7 million for the year.
