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For years, Alan and Charlene Hawkins, of Barboursville, have been coming to the Drug Emporium and Healthy Life Market near the Huntington Mall in Barboursville. They人妖色情片檙e disappointed the store is closing, but also not surprised.

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On Thursday, Hawkins bought a pair of compression socks for $3.99 to help with his varicose veins. He says they人妖色情片檇 cost as much as $18 at other stores.

人妖色情片淚人妖色情片檓 really very sorry to see them close,人妖色情片� Charlene Hawkins said. 人妖色情片淚 hate to see any independent store close.人妖色情片�

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Bob Petryszak, president of Discount Emporium, which owns the three West Virginia Drug Emporium franchise stores, said employees were told Monday. The three stores are in Barboursville, on Charleston人妖色情片檚 West Side and in Kanawha City.

Petryszak said there were a 人妖色情片渨hole host of economic reasons人妖色情片� for the closing. The stores had been in business for 39 years, with the Barboursville store opening in 1986.

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Petryszak said retail conditions, particularly for drug stores, are 人妖色情片渢ough.人妖色情片� Last fall, Drug Emporium sold its pharmacy business to Walgreens.

人妖色情片淸That business] brought traffic into our stores. And without that traffic, it just was not going to be sustainable,人妖色情片� he said.

Discount Emporium is not filing bankruptcy. All vendors and employees will be paid.

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Drug Emporium was a Columbus-based corporation that had about 180 stores in addition to 120 franchise stores nationwide at the peak, Petryszak said. That corporation filed for bankruptcy 20 years ago.

Petryszak said there are still nine Drug Emporium stores in Texas owned by a different entity.

人妖色情片淭he employees in particular and the customers have made the last 40 years an enjoyable time for me,人妖色情片� he said.

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And in those 40 years, Petryszak might have run into Dave and Anita Stricklin a time or two.

The Stricklins, of Hurricane, stopped by the Drug Emporium on Charleston人妖色情片檚 West Side Thursday for two WVU T-shirts and some Cambridge & Thames cherry drops candy, in a metal tin, which Dave Stricklin says he can人妖色情片檛 find anywhere else.

人妖色情片淚t人妖色情片檚 sad to see smaller businesses be overrun,人妖色情片� Dave Stricklin said. 人妖色情片淭he trend now is big-box stores. So it人妖色情片檚 sad to be losing a hometown store like this.人妖色情片�

HD 人妖色情片 reporter Maggie Susa contributed to this report.