For a long time, elders have advised youngsters to go into retailing because they believed that there would always be stores. For more than two centuries, they have been right. And today, that advice still remains sound.

Besides home and work, Wal-Mart stores are one of the most frequent destinations of Americans. In a 24-hour period, one in five (20%) US adults have been to a Wal-Mart store, and over the course of a seven-day period, half of Americans (50%) have shopped at a Wal-Mart.

Generic has become the choice of prescription drug for an increasing number of Americans. Generic medicines account for 65 percent of all prescriptions dispensed in the United States (source: IMS Health).

Most car and light truck owners are now doing less driving, and signs are that it is becoming less and less. A national study conducted in early June by Leo J. Shapiro & Associates finds that 79% of households owning a car or light truck report cutting back on driving.

To explore consumer awareness and attitudes towards retail health clinics (also called convenient care clinics or in-store clinics), as well as physician and healthcare usage trends, LJS conducted a national study in which 1,350 households were interviewed in person by telephone during the first quarter of 2008.