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		Wall Drug is a drug store and gift shop that is perhaps one of the greatest self-designated tourist attractions in the United States.
		The store, which has been described as a sprawling tourist mall, is located in the town of Wall, South Dakota, one of the towns nearest the Badlands National Park.
		Wall Drug includes a western art museum and even a chapel based on the one found at New Melleray Abbey near Dubuque, Iowa.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wall-Drug-Store (359 words)

	Wall, South Dakota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wall is a town located in Pennington County, South Dakota.
		The town is most famous for Wall Drug Store, which opened as a small pharmacy during the Depression but eventually developed into a large roadside tourist attraction.
		Wall has been assigned the ZIP code 57790 and the FIPS place code 68380.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wall,_South_Dakota (454 words)

	Wall Drug Store, Wall, South Dakota
		Wall Drug is a sprawling tourist mall that occupies the majority of downtown Wall, which used to be known by locals as "the geographical center of nowhere." That was before Ted Hustead came along.
		Wall Drug was managed through the 1970s to the '90s by Bill Hustead, Ted's son, and under his guiding hand it grew considerably.
		Wall Drug's famous free ice-water well is still out in the Wall Drug Back Yard, where it pumps several thousands of gallons of water cooled by one and one-half tons of man-made ice on a good summer's day.
	www.roadsideamerica.com /attract/SDWALdrug.html (1100 words)

	Wall, SD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		In addition to the drug store, there are a number of other stores that all cater to the tourist, with all on the one street except for motels and restraurants.
		Rapid City is about 50 miles west of Wall, and Sturgis is another 30 miles to the west along Interstate 90, the direction we planned to go on the 5th.
		In the drug store after we ate, I checked out one hand of a poker game, and then grabbed a bison by the horns.
	lewbar.tripod.com /wall/wall.html (341 words)

	Wall Drug, South Dakota
		Wall Drug is to drug stores what Bloomingdale's is to department stores.
		In 1931, the Hustead family moved to Wall and soon found themselves living in the back of the drug store, whose only asset was a broken soda fountain.
		The apothecary downstairs is museum replica of the early drug store but upstairs Bill Hustead dispenses drugs as three generations of his family have done since 1890.
	www.lovetripper.com /ARTICLES/a.us.sd.walldrug.html (926 words)

	Tacky Wall Drug toots its own horn on highway signs
		The Hustead family, which owns and operates Wall Drug, has plastered up signs all over the world, but most are on the stretch of I-90 between Rapid City and Sioux Falls, S.D. You can't miss the exit.
		Wall is surrounded by 50 Minutemen silos, each with a missile that can deliver a nuclear warhead 8,000 miles, roughly the range of the Wall advertising campaign.
		Lining one side of the restaurant were a dozen or so septuagenarians wrapping their gums around cups of Wall Drug's famous five-cent coffee.
	www.freep.com /fun/travel/qwall17.htm (875 words)

	Drug Store News: Wall Street analysts optimistic about turnaround strategies
		She called the new initiatives "admirable." If the plan is successful, Wall Street should begin to see gradual improvements, possibly beginning in the second and third quarters of this year, she added.
		Among the chain's strengths, the analysts noted, are strong assets, including a strong store base, a presence in many fast-growing markets and an ability to generate strong cash flow, which the chain is using to internally fund capital expenditures.
		This new system should for the first time allow store managers to have a handle on how much inventory is in the back room as well as on the sales floor.
	www.findarticles.com /cf_dls/m3374/4_23/72987306/p1/article.jhtml (1203 words)

	Wall Drug Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Selbst in der Antarktis und auf den anderen Kontinenten soll es vereinzelte Schilder geben, die die Entfernung zu dieser legendären Touristenoase am Rande der staubtrockenen Badlands im Westen South Dakotas anzeigen.
		Der Wall Drug Store gehört in jeden guten Reiseführer und sollte auch in keinem Marketing-Lehrbuch fehlen.
		Dorothy hatte die Idee, die durstigen Reisenden, die auf dem Weg zum Mount Rushmore und zum Yellowstone National Park an Wall vorbeikamen, mit kostenlosem Eiswasser in ihren Laden zu locken.
	www.auswandern.us /wd.html (290 words)

	DRUG STORE
		Drug store and corner view of Nashville, Brown County, Indiana.
		According to drug store owners, the modest growth will be due to population growth and the high incidence of diseases such as respiratory infections, cardiovascular diseases, and diseases of the central nervous system.
		Drugs and medicines may only be imported by a drug store or pharmacy licensed by the Ministry of Health.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/DRUG+STORE (450 words)

	June 2000
		Ted and Dorothy Hustead purchased a small drug store in 1931 and struggled to make the business succeed, but their business never grew.
		We camped two blocks from the drug store and stopped for our free ice water and 5 cent coffee.
		The drug store began in one small building and now it is a mini- mall that covers a city block of interconnecting buildings with 240 employees.
	www.seeya-downtheroad.com /2000/Jun2000.htm (3137 words)

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	drug store virtual (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Both brand name and generic drugs contain the same active ingredients, are the same in strength and dosage and meet the same government quality control standards.
		Savings on brand name vs. generic drugs will vary from drug to drug and pharmacy to pharmacy but can be significant.
		However, even though it is nice to have a free drug for a week or two, make sure it’s not a high-priced alternative that will end up costing you more when it comes time to pay for a full prescription.
	www.1st-drug.info /drugs_zzs/drug-store-virtual.html (1315 words)

	Drug Store News: Revlon rolls out 'Her Wall' in Duane Reades; expects new look to prompt double-digit growth - News - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		A team of 250 Revlon employees rolled up their sleeves to help roll out the new wall to 110 Duane Reade drug stores over a 10-day period beginning April 9.
		The new wall docks a reset time of one hour per linear foot, as oppose to 2.5 hours for the older version.
		The new Revlon wall, which follows significant updates to L'Oreal and May-belline walls within the last two years, marks another attempt by Revlon to ameliorate any remaining misgivings retailers may still have toward the company after it changed terms of trade in October 2000.
	findarticles.com /cf_dls/m3374/6_24/85285827/p1/article.jhtml (594 words)

	Chain Drug Review : Chain drug store stocks begin new year on sour note. (Business). @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Start / C / Chain Drug Review / February 17, 2003 / Chain drug store stocks begin new year on sour note.
		Between December 31, 2002, and January 31, 2003, Chain Drug Review's stock index, which tracks the performance of all publicly traded drug store stocks, fell 2.6% to close the month at 1,452.0, its lowest level since January 1998.
		Despite the current woes of drug store stocks, a considerable amount of optimism remains about the long-term prospects for the industry.
	static.elibrary.com /c/chaindrugreview/february172003/chaindrugstorestocksbeginnewyearonsournotebusiness/index.html (243 words)

	Main Street, Vineyard Haven, MA - Site 25: H. L. Tilton's - Yates' Drug Store
		Before it was a drug store, he sold stoves and he had a plumbing shop in the rear of the place.
		In 1902 the Gazette reported that Herbert Tilton's store was lit up "prettily" with acetylene gas, and in September 1904 the town licensed H. Tilton to store metal cans of gasoline in rear of his store.
		In January 1945, "Big Hutch" returned to the drug store under its new ownership and became the first soldier from town to return to his pre-war occupation at the war's end.
	www.vineyard.net /vineyard/history/mainst/five/yates25.htm (3805 words)

	Retailing in the Middle of Nowhere -The Success of Wall Drug in South Dakota
		Yes, Wall Drug is well-known for its kitsch (Hustead draws the line at tacky)—its jackalopes, rubber tomahawks, and snow globes, to name just a few examples.
		Hustead estimates that 45 percent of Wall Drug's visitors are repeats, many of whom bring their children or grandchildren to sit on the same stuffed bucking bronc they rode as a child.
		In another part of the store, there are 1,400 historical photos on display that document the daily lives of early settlers and local Indian tribes, General Custer's expedition to the Black Hills, and the last legal hanging in Meade County.
	www.matr.net /print-12538.html (1256 words)

	HBS Alumni - HBS Bulletin
		Traffic on the nearby highway was so noisy she hadn’t been able to sleep, she said — and that had given her an idea.
		Ted Hustead nods at a sign over the store’s entrance that proclaims it “Ted, Bill, and Rick Hustead’s Wall Drug Store” and notes that his grandmother, Dorothy, should get some of the credit as well.
		By the time motorists reach the town of Wall, it’s almost a foregone conclusion that they’ll pull of the highway to see what the fuss is about.
	www.alumni.hbs.edu /bulletin/2004/september/profile_hustead_xtra1.html (308 words)

	Wall Drug (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		In Wall, where the drugstore was for sale, we found both a small town and a Catholic church.
		Dorothy and I were excited about Wall, but when we got back home and told our families about the plan, we found them skeptical.
		The next summer we had to hire eight girls to help us, and now that the store is in the the good hands of my son Bill, Wall Drug draws up to twenty thousand people on a good summer day.
	www.walldrug.com /history.htm (1376 words)

	Wall Drug
		By 1981 Wall Drug was claiming it was getting 20,000 visitors a day due to its signs, though this number is almost certainly an exaggeration.
		Detroit Free Press, August 17, 1997 (http://www.freep.com/fun/travel/qwall17.htm) by Doug Lansky - another point of view on Wall Drug
		The article about Wall Drug contains information related to Wall Drug and External links.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Wall_Drug (337 words)

	Drug Store News: Walgreens' earnings rise, but Wall Street unimpressed - financial statistics - Brief Article - ...
		Drug Store News, April 10, 2000 by James Frederick
		Also bullish on Walgreens is Deborah Weinswig, supermarket and drug store analyst for Bear Sterns.
		At the end of February, Walgreens operated 2,967 drug stores in 41 states and Puerto Rico.
	www.findarticles.com /cf_dls/m3374/5_22/61641709/p1/article.jhtml (651 words)

	Summer Jobs at Wall Drug (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Wall Drug Store has a long history of hiring seasonal employees, including college students.
		Employees enjoy daily recreation in the Wall Drug Swimming Pool and the Exercise Area.
		Hiking the Badlands just 9 miles from Wall Drug is a delightful experience.
	www.coolworks.com /showme/walldrug (174 words)

	The Success of Ted Hustead and Wall Drug
		ANYBODY who watched Ted Hustead roll into Wall, South Dakota, on a cattle truck in December, 1931, his wife and 4-year-old son at his side, the family's entire stock of meager possessions piled in the back, would have needed quite a crystal ball to predict the future.
		A sprawling tourist attraction of international renown, the store takes in more than $10 million a year and draws about 2 million annual visitors to a remote town whose population has never risen to more than 800.
		Settling in the store's back room, the Husteads agreed to stick it out for five years, but after taking in only $360 the first month, it began to seem that Wall Drug had been a dead end.
	www.simplysharing.com /hustead.htm (543 words)

	Wall Drug, Wall South Dakota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Woman in the photo is Carol, she was filling in for the owners of the park who have taken off on a vacation of their own.
		Carol gave me a quick run down of the area, Badlands, Mt. Rushmore, what to see, etc. She pointed out the the area just to the west was where they filmed the winter scene in Dances with Wolves.
		That's not an overstatement, Wall Drug is the king of advertising.
	www.stiegman.net /travel_log/wall2.htm (224 words)

	Scheduling Dynamics: Supermarket & Drug Store Chain Labor Scheduling Consulting
		In the stores we used a three man group, a store manager, a meat manager, and a produce manager.
		One of the fascinating things to observe as the data starts to flow in is the wide variation in the methods various stores use to accomplish their tasks and the time taken.
		Most stores have a chart on the wall indicating what cases need to be cleaned and when the last section was done.
	www.schedulingdynamics.com /pub.html (3722 words)

	CNN - "Fun Along the Road: American Tourist Attractions," - August 26, 1998
		It's hard to say "roadside attraction" with one image, so in fact there are four images on the cover and there are four images on the back because there's such a great diversity of roadside attractions to be enjoyed.
		Wall Drug is the first one we're going to look at, and I actually had the pleasure of being here as well, because if you drive basically from the Midwest toward Wyoming, you're going to hit the Corn Palace and all these signs for Wall Drug.
		MARGOLIES: They're the only drug store within a 6,000 square mile area in South Dakota, although there are a whole lot of other things to do there.
	www.cnn.com /books/dialogue/9808/john.margolies.cnn/index.html (1182 words)

	StreeTheory.org - Off The Wall: High on Exposing Drug Store Hypocrisy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		They sell drugs to cure colds, abate symptoms, fight disease … you know, drugs intended to make the sick healthy.
		I am not trying to ban the sale of cigarettes … I just think it is a conflict of interest for a drugstore to be selling a product that can only hurt you,” she says.So far, Michelle’s site has received a lot of attention.
		Besides heaps of mail from Walgreen customers and other supporters, current and former pharmacists (from Walgreens and other drug store chains) have written Michelle letters to encourage her efforts.
	www.streetheory.org /street/SampleContent/YouthSpotlights/YouthSpotlight.2002-09-12.3741/addtoFavorites (264 words)

	Mitchell's Corn Palace & Wall Drug
		Mitchell's Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD and Wall Drug in Wall, SD were both worth the stop, if for no other reason than to be able to say you've seen them.
		The Corn Palace is, as the name implies, made of corn and Wall Drug is, as its name implies, is drug store (with a few differences).
		Established in the 1930s the drug store has always been a welcomed oasis for the rough and tumble traveler.
	www.actorguy.com /Palace_Drug.html (169 words)

	Drug store
		Drug companies -- and their marketing arms, the big retail pharmacies -- have crossed that line far they have gone varies from state to state and store to store
		We cannot be the drug store for the United States of America," Dosanjh said on CTV's Question Period on Sunday.
		About Longs Drug Stores Corporation Longs Drug Stores Corporation is one of the most recognized retail drug store chains on the West Coast and in Hawaii.
	recommendlist.com /q/drug-store.html (1122 words)

	South Dakota: Wall Drug
		By the 1960s, Wall Drug touted its free ice water on 3,000 billboards in all 50 states.
		Originally, not much; in 1952, South Dakota's WPA Guide described Wall Drug as "one of the most advertised attractions in the State and, for many, one of the biggest disappointments." No longer.
		Graves of Wall Drug founders Ted and Dorothy Hustead, Wall Cemetery.
	www.roadsidephotos.com /sd/sd10.htm (538 words)

	Trip to Minnesota: Wall Drug (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Wall, SD is just north of the Badlands, and home to the tourist trap of tourist traps: Wall Drug.
		Founded in 1931 during the Great Depression, owner Ted Hustead struggled in a town of 326 to make his drug store succeed.
		After 5 years of struggling and not making it, his wife Dorothy came up with the idea on how to save the store: Put up a sign on the side of the highway telling motorists to stop in for free ice water.
	www.tahtinen.org /trips/mn05.html (178 words)

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