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   Eckerd Corporation was an American pharmacy retail chain that was headquartered in Largo, Florida, and toward the end of its life, in Warwick, Rhode Island. At its peak, Eckerd was the second-largest pharmacy chain in the United States, with approximately 2,802 stores in 23 states as far west as Arizona .

   • Founded: 1898; 125 years ago
   • Industry: Retail

   • Headquarters: Largo, Florida (Eckerd), Warwick, Rhode Island (Jean Coutu), Woonsocket, Rhode Island (CVS)
   • Products: Pharmacy, Cosmetics, Health and Beauty Aids, General Merchandise, Snacks, 1 Hour Photo

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   Address: 8333 Bryan Dairy Road. Largo, Florida 33777. U.S.A. Telephone: (727) 395-6000. Toll Free: 800-325-3737. Fax: (727) 395-7934. http://www.eckerd.com. Statistics: Wholly Owned Subsidiary of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. Incorporated: 1961 as Eckerd Drugs of Florida. Employees: 55,000. Sales: $10.33 billion (1998)

3. www.tampabay.com › archive › 2004/08/02After 52 years, Eckerd now part of history - Tampa Bay Times

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   Aug 28, 2005 · The breakup of Eckerd Corp., one of the biggest companies with headquarters in the Tampa Bay area, became reality Sunday when J.C. Penney Co. sold it for $4.5-billion. The deal quietly slipped...

4. www.tampabay.com › archive › 2004/04/11Rise and fall of the Eckerd empire - Tampa Bay Times

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   Aug 27, 2005 · By. Chris Tisch Times staff. Published April 11, 2004 | Updated Aug. 27, 2005. As the two major companies that bought Eckerd Corp. pick over the remains of the once-proud Florida chain, it's...

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   Eckerd Corporation distributes pharmaceutical products. The Company offers prescription refills, vaccines, drugs, vitamins, and supplements, as well as prescription advisory, health...

   • Employees: 514

6. www.encyclopedia.com › eckerd-corpEckerd Corp | Encyclopedia.com

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   May 18, 2018 · U.S.A. Telephone: (727) 395-6000. Toll Free: (800) 325-3737. Fax: (727) 395-7934. Web site: http://www.eckerd.com. Wholly Owned Subsidiary of J. C. Penney Company, Inc. Incorporated: 1961 as Eckerd Drugs of Florida. Employees: 55,000. Sales: $10.33 billion (1998) NAIC: 446110 Pharmacies & Drug Stores.

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   What is Eckerd Corporation?

   • Eckerd Corporation traces its history to the days when J. Milton Eckerd launched one of the country ’ s first drugstore chains in Erie, Pennsylvania. Eckerd was born in Mechanics-burg, Pennsylvania, in 1871 and began working as an assistant to a drug wholesaler as a young man.

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   What happened to Eckerd Corp?

   • The breakup of Eckerd Corp., one of the biggest companies with headquarters in the Tampa Bay area, became reality Sunday when J.C. Penney Co. sold it for $4.5-billion. The deal quietly slipped Eckerd Corp. into local history after 52 years as a force in the economic, health care and charitable communities of Florida.

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   When was Eckerd founded?

   • Eckerd was founded in September 1898 (making it the oldest of the "big four" drugstore chains), by 27-year-old Joseph Milton Eckerd and Z. Tatom in Erie, Pennsylvania. In the company's early years, it operated at 1105 State Street in downtown Erie as the Erie Cut-Rate Medicine Store.

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   When did Jack Eckerd become a company?

   • 1970: Company is renamed Jack Eckerd Corporation; drugstore chains in Louisiana, Texas, and Florida are acquired. 1974: Stewart Turley is named CEO of the company. 1977: Eckerd North Carolina is acquired in largest merger in drugstore history; the Eckerd chain now includes 766 units and is the second largest in the country.

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8. www.nytimes.com › 2004/05/20 › businessJack Eckerd, 91, the Founder Of a Chain of Drugstores

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   May 20, 2004 · Mr. Eckerd started Eckerd Drug Stores in 1952 with three stores. By 1975, his company, the Jack Eckerd Corporation, had 465 drugstores in 10 states, a food service equipment and supply...