Yesterday morning, we reported on an attempted robbery outside the CVS at 6514 Georgia Avenue NW in Brightwood which devolved into a shootout. Police now have confirmed that one of the robbers in the group has died, while two others have been arrested. more ›

Last month, news broke that Cathedral Pharmacy, a retail fixture along Connecticut Avenue NW, was facing a murky future due to a contract dispute with its medication distributor CVS Caremark. In response, Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh has requested that the city's Attorney General investigate whether or not the dispute represents unfair trade practices and a violation of District antitrust law. more ›

Some depressing news in today's Washington Post -- the future of Cathedral Pharmacy, which has been a fixture along Connecticut Avenue NW for over 80 years, is looking rather grim, due to a recent audit which will likely lead to CVS pulling its prescription contract with the pharmacy. more ›

The intersection of 7th and H Streets NW in Chinatown has to be one of the best retail spots in the entire city in terms of foot traffic, yet the boarded up windows at the large building on the northeast corner remain, over two years since the CVS that used to live in the ground floor closed. Back then, we were told to expect a renovated CVS in 2010, but as the Washington Business Journal explained last Friday, the "Gallery Square" construction project appears indefinitely stalled, bogged down in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings that were finally filed on Nov. 16, just a day before the entire building was meant to go up for sale at a foreclosure auction. So don't expect to see that new CVS, or anything else in the building, anytime particularly soon. more ›

Metro formally announced today that SmarTrip users can add value to their cards at select CVS and Giant Food stores. Last year, WMATA made SmarTrip cards more widely available for sale at CVS and Giant, but now customers can also choose to add money to their cards at both chains while they check out. more ›

In a city where the HIV/AIDS infection rate has reached epidemic proportions, is it OK for drug stores to keep their condoms under lock and key, theoretically discouraging skittish shoppers, especially teens, from purchasing them? more ›

D.C.'s retail employees breathed a sigh of relief over the weekend after a suspect was arrested in a string of robberies that targeted lone cashiers, often women, over the last several weeks. But now police say that another, similar robbery occurred today at the CVS on 14th Street NW at W Street. more ›

WTOP and Infosnack are both reporting that Metro's Board of Directors will consider a proposal this week that would allow CVS to sell SmarTrip cards. CVS would sell the cards for $10 (they'd be preloaded with $5 on them), and at no cost to Metro. In exchange, CVS and Metro would come to a cross-promotional arrangement. Infosnack calls the move a "win-win for Metro, CVS and riders." We're all for making SmarTrip easier to buy at more and more locations, but feel compelled to question whether making any purchase at a CVS can honestly be associated with concepts like "ease" or "convenience." Perhaps Metro's board has never been to a CVS? more ›

In other large chain retail outlet opening news, there's now a Walgreens drug store in the District. Our own Fredo Alvarez snapped this photo of the new store while out and about today, the first of its kind in D.C., at 22nd and M Streets NW. For those of you unfamiliar with the Chicago-based drug chain, it's been the dominant drug store in pretty much every other part of the country for a long time now, and in my experience, provides above-average service at most of their stores. It couldn't possibly be worse than what we get at our local Rite-Aid or CVS stores, in any event. more ›