Others are not convinced.

Rite Aid was attempting to turn around its business in a tough environment for drugstores. Major chains and independent pharmacies have beenand struggling with several challenges.

Prescription profitability has grown tight. The chains also are dealing with increased theft,and shoppers who are drifting more to online shopping and discount retailers., which has more than six times as many stores as Rite Aid,

to be acquired by the private equity firm Sycamore Partners.Philadelphia-based Rite Aid was founded in 1962 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, as Thrif D Discount Center. The company had struggled with debt, posted annual losses for several years and was cutting costs and closing stores well before its initial bankruptcy filing.

Rite Aid also explored sale offers.

Walgreens attempted to buy it for about $9.4 billion a decade ago, when Rite Aid ran more than 4,600 stores. But the larger drugstore chain eventually scaled back its ambition and bought less than half that total to get the deal past antitrust regulators.(IFC Films, theaters): Things heat up on the Spanish coast, where Sofia (Emma Mackey) and her mother (Fiona Shaw) have gone in hopes of helping her mysterious illness. There Sofia meets a beguiling stranger (Vicky Krieps). This Berlin selection is based on a novella by Deborah Levy.

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Scarlett Johansson nd Jonathan Bailey in a scene from " Jurassic World Rebirth.” (Jasin Boland/Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment via AP)“The Old Guard 2” (Netflix, streaming): Charlize Theron is back with her immortal team for a new mission. KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari and Luca Marinelli also reprise their roles.