Forbes August 11, 2020
CVS Health is back on track with the rollout its new health hub concept to 1,500 stores across the U.S. within the next two years despite the continuing spread of the coronavirus strain Covid-19.
CVS paused conversions of some stores into HealthHUB formats in late March as state governments shut down and construction was forced to slow down for commercial developments across the U.S.
But CVS chief executive Larry Merlo says the three-year plan remains on target to have 1,500 HealthHubs by the end of next year. CVS opened 50 HealthHub stores in the U.S. last year and was planning on another 600 to 650 to open in 2020 before the pandemic hit earlier this year.
“We resumed in mid-June...