Abstract
Mr. Cotes has owned this., pharmacy for ten years. He is; the sole proprietor. The main thrust of the pharmacy was, home care and prescriptions. It has become the largest independently owned pharmacy in a medium sized town. Mr, Cotes employees. three fulltime clerks, two part-time clerks and a manager-pharmacist. Mrs. Cotes is the part-time bookeeper. The basic store layout, drawn to approximate scale, follows in Exhibit I. | Mr. Cotes, expressed concern over the lagging sales volume of the last five years (see Exhibit II). "A store of this size in a town of this population should be generating a $500,000 a year sales volume. The thrust of my business, was changed to reflect the idea of a full service drug store. I offer cosmetics, card and party.goods, health and beauty aids, gifts and other miscellaneous items in addition to sevicing(sic) the pharmacy customers with ambulatory needs, medical and medicinal needs and delivery of prescriptions."