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Rite Aid, whose pharmacies were once ubiquitous across large parts of America, has announced another wave of store closures. This time, the closures encompass more than 100 locations across 11 states. However, they are just the latest wave of Rite Aid store closures that follow the company’s second bankruptcy filing earlier this year. Heres what you need to know about the latest Rite Aid closures. Why is Rite Aid closing stores? Rite Aid is going out of business. The struggling pharmacy chain filed for bankruptcy in May. But that bankruptcy isnt its first. The company had previously filed for bankruptcy in 2023. Rite Aid had hoped that its 2023 bankruptcy would be able to give it some financial breathing room, after which the company could turn itself around. Things did not work out as Rite Aid had intended. Even after the 2023 bankruptcy, Rite Aid struggled with inventory challenges and strained vendor relations, as Fast Company previously reported. However, while some of its problems were unique to the chain, Rite Aid also faced many issues that are increasingly common to all drugstore chains. Those problems include diminished foot traffic from changing consumer behaviors as people increasingly turn to e-commerce giants like Amazon to meet their pharmacy needs and purchase everyday household items. Like many other retailers, Rite Aid is also struggling with a decrease in consumer confidence. Inflationary pressures and uncertainty about the economy are weighing heavily on people’s minds, leading them to be more cautious about how and where they spend their money. Which Rite Aid stores are the latest to close in June? Rite Aid has now announced the next wave of location closures. These locations were revealed in court documents Rite Aid filed on June 20. In total, Rite Aid said 118 locations will be closing in this round. Some of the hardest hit states in this round of closures include California, Pennsylvania, and New York. The stores closing in this round include: 405 WEST MAIN STREET BRAWLEY CA 92227 14629 7TH STREET VICTORVILLE CA 92395 17441 MAIN STREET HESPERIA CA 92345 2023 LYCOMING CREEK ROAD WILLIAMSPORT PA 17701 508 EAST SECOND STREET OIL CITY PA 16301 1698 PULASKI HIGHWAY BEAR DE 19701 101 SOUTH MAIN STREET FORKED RIVER NJ 08731 96 NORTH FLOWERS MILL ROAD LANGHORNE PA 19047 2260 JERUSALEM AVENUE NORTH BELLMORE NY 11710 1854 CORONADO AVENUE SAN DIEGO CA 92154 1815 SOUTH VERMONT AVENUE LOS ANGELES CA 90006 23975 IRONWOOD AVENUE MORENO VALLEY CA 92557 600 WEST VENTURA STREET FILLMORE CA 93015 7020 WEST STATE STREET BOISE ID 83714 85-10 NORTHERN BOULEVARD JACKSON HEIGHTS NY 11372 653 NORTH GOLDEN STATE BLVD. TURLOCK CA 95380 655 RUSSELL BOULEVARD DAVIS CA 95616 3225 PANAMA LANE BAKERSFIELD CA 93313 1035 W ORANGETHORPE AVENUE FULLERTON CA 92833 1225 WESTERN AVENUE ALBANY NY 12203 5040 CITY LINE AVENUE PHILADELPHIA PA 19131 4380 PARK HEIGHTS AVE. BALTIMORE MD 21215 415 EAST QUEEN STREET CHAMBERSBURG PA 17201 15890 SOQUEL CANYON PARKWAY CHINO HILLS CA 91709 115 FIFTH STREET ELLWOOD CITY PA 16117 9910 FRANKFORD AVENUE PHILADELPHIA PA 19114 1777 NORTH KEYSER AVENUE SCRANTON PA 18508 409 STOKES ROAD MEDFORD NJ 08055 10 SNYDER AVENUE PHILADELPHIA PA 19148 1814 SPRING ROAD CARLISLE PA 17013 53 HOOKSETT ROAD MANCHESTER NH 03104 1000 W MONTE VISTA AVENUE TURLOCK CA 95382 1245 WEST YOSEMITE AVENUE MANTECA CA 95337 5507 NESCONSET HWY STE 100 MOUNT SINAI NY 11766 1841 EAST 4TH STREET ONTARIO CA 91764 320 SMITH STREET BROOKLYN NY 11231 1720 AVIATION BOULEVARD REDONDO BEACH CA 90278 13460 HIGHLANDS PLACE SAN DIEGO CA 92130 17266 SATICOY STREET VAN NUYS CA 91406 2516 JAMACHA ROAD EL CAJON CA 92019 125 DANBURY ROAD. RIDGEFIELD CT 06877 16000 MONTEREY STREET MORGAN HILL CA 95037 36729 OLD MILL ROAD MILLVILLE DE 19967 1526 PALOS VERDES MALL WALNUT CREEK CA 94597 2315 WILLIAM STREET BUFFALO NY 14206 8530 TRANSIT RD AMHERST NY 14221 2108 MACARTHUR ROAD WHITEHALL PA 18052 1529 FREEPORT ROAD NATRONA HEIGHTS PA 15065 825A EAST CHESTNUT STREET LANCASTER PA 17602 107 MAIN STREET GREENFIELD MA 01301 6912 NEW FALLS ROAD LEVITTOWN PA 19057 10 BENNING STREET WEST LEBANON NH 03784 115 LEADER HEIGHTS ROAD YORK PA 17403 54 NORTH MAIN STREET CARBONDALE PA 18407 455-K NORTH ENOLA ROAD ENOLA PA 17025 1421 EAST WASHINGTON BLVD PASADENA CA 91104 1151 CRESTON ROAD PASO ROBLES CA 93446 4348 BONITA ROAD BONITA CA 91902 1320 WEST HILLSDALE BLVD. SAN MATEO CA 94403 2020 E COPPER AVENUE FRESNO CA 93730 605 NORTH COLONY ROAD WALLINGFORD CT 06492 43-20 BELL BLVD. BAYSIDE NY 11361 22833 BOTHELL EVERETT HWY BOTHELL WA 98021 #4 POLLY DRUMMOND S.C. NEWARK DE 19711 11673 CHERRY AVENUE FONTANA CA 92337 4937 TRANSIT ROAD DEPEW NY 14043 6001 COFFEE ROAD BAKERSFIELD CA 93308 310 WEST LAKE STREET MOUNT SHASTA CA 96067 599 YORK ROAD WARMINSTER PA 18974 1781 STEFKO BOULEVARD BETHLEHEM PA 18017 1360 BRACE ROAD CHERRY HILL NJ 08034 1003 PULASKI HIGHWAY HAVRE DE GRACE MD 21078 1307 PHOENIXVILLE PIKE WEST CHESTER PA 19380 231 WEST STREET GETTYSBURG PA 17325 7418 OXFORD AVENUE PHILADELPHIA PA 19111 2810 MEMORIAL HIGHWAY SHAVERTOWN PA 18708 1896 ROUTE 6 CARMEL NY 10512 500 MAIN STREET LIVINGSTON CA 95334 744 WOLCOTT ROAD WOLCOTT CT 06716 1665 ALPINE BOULEVARD ALPINE CA 91901 654 COLVIN AVENUE KENMORE NY 14217 18112 CULVER DRIVE IRVINE CA 92612 1251 JOHNSON AVENUE SAN LUIS OBISPO CA 93401 1323 EAST MAIN AVENUE PUYALLUP WA 98372 230 KELSO DRIVE KELSO WA 98626 102-30 ATLANTIC AVENUE OZONE PARK NY 11416 577 MAST ROAD MANCHESTER NH 03102 201 CONKLIN AVENUE BINGHAMTON NY 13903 22803 44TH AVE W MOUNTLAKE TERRACE WA 98043 832 NORTH LANSDOWNE AVE. DREXEL HILL PA 19026 731 CENTER STREET LEWISTON NY 14092 101 WHITE HORSE PIKE CLEMENTON NJ 08021 4534 BROADWAY BLVD. MONROEVILLE PA 15146 1465-15 WEST BROAD STREET QUAKERTOWN PA 18951 5 EAST MAIN STREET NANTICOKE PA 18634 2210 STATE HILL ROAD WYOMISSING PA 19610 4999 JONESTOWN RD HARRISBURG PA 17109 1520 ROCK SPRING ROAD FOREST HILL MD 21050 2674 EGYPT ROAD AUDUBON PA 19403 18 INDIAN HEAD ROAD KINGS PARK NY 11754 1107 CALLOWAY DRIVE BAKERSFIELD CA 93312 1 MONT VERNON STREET MILFORD NH 03055 43-68 AMBOY ROAD STATEN ISLAND NY 10312 1483 ROUTE 9 CLIFTON PARK NY 12065 955 STONY POINT ROAD SANTA ROSA CA 95407 11321 NATIONAL BOULEVARD LOS ANGELES CA 90064 221 EAST HARVARD BOULEVARD SANTA PAULA CA 93060 4060 NORTH BUFFALO STREET ORCHARD PARK NY 14127 1549 GEORGE WASHINGTON WAY RICHLAND WA 99354 6423 FORT HAMILTON PKWY. BROOKLYN NY 11219 23028 100TH AVE W EDMONDS WA 98020 526 228TH AVE NE SAMMAMISH WA 98074 1101 FRESNO STREET FRESNO CA 93706 215 FEDERAL ROAD BROOKFIELD CT 06804 1710 N FARMERSVILLE BLVD FARMERSVILLE CA 93223 13090 BROADWAY ROAD ALDEN NY 14004 715 AIRPORT DRIVE BAKERSFIELD CA 93308 10119 OLD OCEAN CITY BLVD. BERLIN MD 21811 Where is the full list of past Rite Aid closures? With this latest round of June closures, Rite Aid has now announced the closure of 947 stores since May. Here’s the full list of earlier closing notices: May 5: 47 initial locations May 9: 68 additional locations May 16: 95 additional locations May 23: 151 additional locations May 30: 111 additional locations June 5: 25 additional locations June 6: 207 additional locations June 13: 125 additional locations June 20: 118 locations (listed above) Fast Company has reached out to Rite Aid to ask about the timeline of the closures. We’ll update this post if we hear back. How many more Rite Aid stores will close? When Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy in May, the company said it had 1,277 stores in operation. Most of the stores will be closed entirely, with some others being sold to competitors. In May, competitor CVS Pharmacy agreed to take over 64 Rite Aid stores. With 947 stores confirmed to be closing, Rite Aid has now announced that it will shutter nearly 74% of the stores it operated when it filed for bankruptcy. A court-approved auction is planned for today to sell off Rite Aid’s remaining assets.
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Most of the time, stress is a part of work that may be annoying, but isnt debilitating. As I have written about many times, stress is just the emotion you experience when you are focused on avoiding some threat or calamity in your environment. Ideally the stress you experience gives you a boost of energy to tackle difficult problems at work. Sometimes, though, stress causes more problems than it solves. This is particularly true under two conditions: when it makes it difficult for you to make any progress on issues at work, and when it bleeds through into your personal life and sabotages your time away from the office so you cant relax. In those cases, you need to better manage your work stress. What can you do to keep work stress from overrunning your life? Find your energy sweet spot At work, stress gets in the way when you get over-energized. There is a long history of evidence suggesting that there is an optimal level of energy for getting work done: too little, and you have no motivation to work on key tasks; too much, and your energy level is paralyzing. You may pace the room, or flip between tasks, but you cant concentrate. In between is a sweet spot in which you have enough energy to focus on a critical task and stay engaged. You want to find that zone in which you work effectively. Get a sense for what it feels like. When your stress level builds to the point that you are no longer working at your peak, use strategies to dissipate some of that arousal. Take a walk. Do some deep breathing. Talk with a colleague. Only return to your work when you feel like youre able to focus and make progress. Otherwise, your lack of progress is likely to create additional stress and ramp your energy level back up. Build a barrier When that work stress also affects your home life, then you may need to create a moat that the stress cant cross. Find some kind of activity you can do during or after your commute home from work (even if that commute involves simply shutting your computer, because you work from home). If you can delay the start of your family obligations, then consider doing some exercise, reading a book for pleasure, or engaging in another hobby like playing an instrument, knitting, or crafting. Do something active rather than passive. When you watch TV, for example, you may reduce your energy level, but you dont change your thinking pattern. If you really have to dive into your home responsibilities, then see if you can create a change in thinking while also addressing the needs of your family. Turn chores into a game. Pair the work you have to do with great music or an audio book. Find something you look forward to that will shift your mindset. Work on your sleep routine Also, dont neglect your sleep routine. If you have a lot of work stress and then your home life is busy, you may feel like you should stay awake in order to have some time doing things you enjoy. Resist that temptation. Sleep is a critical component of your mental and physical health. If work stress starts to interfere with your ability to sleep, work on developing a sleep routine. Disconnect from devices at least 30 minutes before you want to sleep. Create a more consistent routine around your sleep so that your body develops habits to want to fall asleep. Consider listening to sleep meditations so that you can relax and sleep. Your consistent sleep routine will help with your focus and resilience, which will benefit you both at work and at home.
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Last week, some of the worlds most notable brands, creatives, and executives gathered at Cannes Lions to explore the issues shaping the future of advertising and communicationsfrom the rise of AI to the growing importance of ESG to the topic currently under fire: diversity, equity, and inclusion. Since January, many across the industry have noted a shift. The momentum behind DEIonce front and centerhas been dimmed by growing backlash, driven largely by U.S. political pressure and a wave of corporate rollbacks. These critics are trying to distract, deflect, and delay progress. But they wont win. Despite the backlash, it wasnt hard to find leaders at the festival choosing courage over caution. Leaders like Adrianne C. Smith, founder of the Cannes Can: Diversity Collective (CC:DC) and chief inclusion and impact officer at FleishmanHillard, who opened the fifth Inkwell Beach installation with a clear message: Dont talk about it. Be about it. This call to action resonated with me and many others, but it raises an important question: were brands and their leaders in attendance truly listening? As we head into the second half of 2025, one thing is clear: the metric brands must begin to track, integrate, and prioritize is Return on Inclusion. Its the ROI that will define the future of the creative industriesand its one brands can no longer afford to ignore. Heres why. Brands Should Hit the DEI Reset ButtonAs Long as Its Done with Intention Amid the glitter and glamour, spaces like Inkwell Beach stand outnot as performative checkboxes, but as intentional, purpose-driven platforms for real progress. One of the most rewarding aspects of Cannes Lions is hearing diverse perspectives that truly move our industries forward. One of these leaders is Frank Starling, VP and Chief DEI Officer for Cannes Lions. We sat down to discuss whats next for DEI, what brands should be thinking about now, and where they can focus to make a meaningful impact. As Frank pointed out, as a world, we are living in a paradox: hyperconnected, yet more fragmented than ever. This is why brands must prioritize both relevance and resonance and be ready to answer two crucial questions: How do we reset with intention? And what does that look like inside our organization? In 2025, the workplace is more generationally diverse than ever. According to SHRM, as many as five generationstraditionalists, baby boomers, Gen X, millennials, and Gen Zcan now be found at the same company, sometimes at the same table. These employees need to feel safepsychologically and physically. And its up to brands to make more, not less, room for the unique perspectives, values, and lived experiences they bring. According to Frank, in todays fast-changing world, we must build and foster climates that spark creativity and innovation. Every organizations DEI reset will look differentbut it must be rooted in intention. Creativity Drives Disruption. And You Cant Spell Creativity without E&I. When I launched The Sway Effect in 2019, I knew two things were nonnegotiable: diversity, equity, and inclusion had to be central to everything that we do, and we would only collaborate with brands that believed inclusivity leads to the best work. Research continues to prove this: according to Harvard Business Review, inclusive organizations are 73% more likely to reap innovation income 70% more likely to capture new markets up to 50% more likely to make better decisions, and up to 36% more likely to have above-average profitability. The bottom line is, inclusivity separates the leaders from the followersand shows both employees and customers that you are showing up for the communities that you represent and serve. Despite the clear value of this approach, fearnot convictionis driving too much of todays creative work. And its not surprising, with critics like Elon Musk declaring that DEI must die and the U.S. government labeling some DEI efforts as egregious and discriminatory. But apprehension cannot outweigh the responsibility to build safe, inclusive workplacesand create lasting impact across our industries. After all, you cant spell creativity without E&IEquity and Inclusion. When I shared my 2025 (and beyond) mission statement with Frank, heres how he expanded on the vision: Ensure that inclusive leadership is at the center of your organization.That means collaborating across differences, challenging bias, and leading with courage and cultural intelligence. Embed inclusion to spark innovation and creativity. Make space for everyone to speak up, challenge ideas, and be themselves. That sense of belonging fuels innovation. Focus on impact over volume. Pull back, assess what will truly move the needle, and invest your time, budget, and resources there. The Future Belongs to Those Who Show Upand Stay the Course As the dust settles from a thought-provoking week on the Croisette, one thing is clear: there will always be a place for purpose. My message to brands post-Cannes is thismeasure DEI success not just by return on investment, but by Return on Inclusion. Thats what will shape the future of creativity, culture, and DEI. Lead the conversations. Build the culture. Drive the change. Those are the brandsand the leadersthat will always have a seat at my table.
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