The CVS on Campus Corner is set to close in late March.
CVS cashier Victoria Inman said the store will close its doors March 25 due to lack of business and therefore an inability to afford rent.
The next closest off-campus pharmacies to campus are the CVS and Walgreens both located at the intersection of Flood Avenue and Main Street, 1.2 miles away, and a CVS at 1100 E. Lindsey St., 1.3 miles from campus. OU students can also fill prescriptions at the OU pharmacy inside Goddard Health Center.
The chain is closing 70 stores nationwide in a $265 million saving measure, according to the Chain Store Age. Inman said the Campus Corner location is the only one in Norman that is closing.
CVS is the latest in a series of Campus Corner staples to close, following Cafe Plaid, Crooked Crust and Pita Pit in 2015 and Chimy’s at the end of 2016.
Inman, who said she has worked at the location for eight months, said she was told of the decision to close about a month ago.
“When they told me, I wasn’t surprised,” Inman said.
Much of the customer base of the location includes employees at nearby businesses buying snacks and others buying beer, and there has been a lack of business, Inman said.
Inman said most of the store's products will be packaged and shipped to other locations.
Correction: This article was updated at 7:50 p.m. March 6 to note that Goddard Health Center has a pharmacy on campus.
