Gift cards are becoming an easier gift to give. Of course, nobody ever returned cash, either.

[They] say that they're going to give their child a mutual fund contribution or some kind of gift through a stock investment.

There is also a workable Wal-Mart nearby so Wal-Mart gift cards and cash donations are also accepted.

I would say that the first quarter of next year probably has already been doomed by this episode,

Retailers are caught in a 'Catch-22' situation. Their costs, such as transportation costs, are going up and this is not going to change in the short term. Meanwhile, their consumers are going to be extremely deal focused.

They won't be there in 10 years. Most independent drugstores have given up and gone as the big drugstores come into town. ... It's kind of the end of an era.