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ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- Same store sales were flat at Costco in June, and net sales increased 3% June to $11.33 billion. 

WOONSOCKET, R.I. - The CVS Health Foundation on Thursday announced a new grant to the American Academy of Pediatrics to help improve counseling by all pediatric health care providers around tobacco and exposure to secondhand smoke. The program will provide clinicians with the messages, tools and counseling protocols needed to screen for secondhand smoke exposure and better prepare them to speak with parents and families about the importance of reducing tobacco use.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Walmart on Wednesday announced that Walmart Pay is now available in the more than 4,600 Walmart stores nationwide.

Available through the Walmart app, Walmart Pay works with any iOS or Android device, at any checkout lane and with any credit, debit, pre-paid or Walmart gift card. Walmart Pay is like no other mobile payments solution available today, expanding access to mobile payments and improving the way customers check out in all Walmart stores in the U.S.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. - CVS Pharmacy announced Wednesday that the company has opened a mobile pharmacy in Elkview, W.V., in response to the flooding that devastated the area in late June.

The mobile pharmacy will be open Monday through Saturday from 8 am. – 8 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and will be fully staffed to meet the community's pharmacy care needs.

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance on Wednesday reported an adjusted net earnings increase of 14.7% to $1.3 billion for its third quarter ended May 31. Net sales in the third quarter were $29.5 billion, an increase of 2.4% over the year-ago quarter, or 3.3% on a constant currency basis.

Walgreens Boots Alliance's Retail Pharmacy USA division had third quarter total sales of $21.2 billion, an increase of 3.7% over the year-ago quarter. Sales in comparable stores increased 3.9% compared to the same quarter a year ago.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Publix is joining Costco, Whole Foods and other retailers in providing grocery delivery service through a partnership with Instacart.

Publix announced Wednesday that it would begin its Instacart service in select areas of Miami beginning July 12. Instacart is an e-commerce and delivery service that allows customers to place their grocery orders online and have their items delivered right to their doorsteps. Customers can place orders by visiting www.instacart.com/publix.