And so off a printed first half, you tend to see four out of the last five years, the one exception being 2020 when COVID really masked the underlying trends, you see 150 basis points of pickup in the MBR in the back half and deterioration, it goes up the MBR. And at the midpoin...
or simply a shift in corporate thinking about how many physical stores make sense financially, and where they should be located. Concerns over shoplifting and the comedown from pandemic sales of vaccines, at-home test kits, and masks — plusthe billions drugstores owe in settlements from conten...