Originally Posted by
DanTravels
Walgreen's doesn't need to compete with Long's, really. They can probably survive off the traffic from tourists from back east who see "Long's" and say "huh?" but see "Walgreen's" and say "Ah, a familiar name."
You mean to tell me that the some 130k visitors to the State from the East of the Rockies per month will be the base of support for Walgreens?
I don't see that happening because (1) there's no space in Waikiki for a Walgreens store to pop up, let alone the fierce competition from the ABC stores and (2) anything outside of Waikiki will force visitors to drive there... which means they'd actually have to hunt out a Walgreens when they can visit the nearby ABC store/Longs.
I think Walgreens entered the competition a little too late on this one.