HealthExec April 15, 2024
Right Aid is turning out the lights in 53 more stores across nine states.
The new closures follow 154 such measures in October, November and January, and they come half a year after the company filed for bankruptcy.
The April move will affect customers who’ve been Rite Aid shoppers and pharmacy patients in California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
According to Reuters and numerous news outlets, Rite Aid maintains that the closings are unrelated to the Federal Trade Commission’s investigation into the chain’s use of cameras and facial recognition technology to stem shoplifting in select stores from 2012 to 2020.
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