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CVS/Caremark: The Costs and Strategy of a Tobacco‐Free Pharmacy

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This instructional case presents CVS/Caremark's decision to discontinue tobacco sales at its U.S. pharmacies effective October 1, 2014. The case provides data on the strategic issues underlying the decision and examples of the nonfinancial factors that affect product‐line decisions. The case illustrates the use of the broad array of costs in management decision making, including hidden costs, contingent costs, reputational costs, and social costs. It also provides data to explore the decision from the perspective of customer profitability analysis and the differential costs of serving tobacco customers compared with general retail customers. CVS/Caremark : Les Coûts et la stratégie D'une pharmacie sans tabac Résumé L’étude de cas didactique proposée par l'auteur est celle de la décision de CVS/Caremark de cesser la vente de tabac dans ses pharmacies aux États‐Unis, à compter du 1er octobre 2014. L’étude fournit des données sur les enjeux stratégiques sous‐jacents à la décision et des exemples des facteurs non financiers qui influent sur les décisions relatives aux gammes de produits. L’étude de cas illustre la prise en compte du vaste éventail de coûts pertinents à la prise de décisions de gestion, notamment les coûts cachés, les coûts éventuels, les coûts d'atteinte à la réputation et les coûts sociaux. Elle livre également des données permettant d'explorer la décision sous l'angle de l'analyse de la rentabilité de la clientèle et des coûts marginaux du service à la clientèle consommatrice de tabac par rapport à ceux du service à la clientèle consommatrice de produits de détail en général.

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  • Alan J. Richardson, 2015. "CVS/Caremark: The Costs and Strategy of a Tobacco‐Free Pharmacy," Accounting Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 14(1), pages 71-85, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:accper:v:14:y:2015:i:1:p:71-85
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3838.12042
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