Pharmacy chain Walgreen Company (NYSE:WAG) missed analysts’ estimates, amid weak economy, lagging front-end sales and lower customer traffic.

Walgreen Company (NYSE:WAG) posted $624 million of earnings, or 65 cents per share, in the fiscal third quarter ended May 31, from $537 million, or 62 cents per share, a year earlier.
The drugstore chain said sales in the quarter ended May 31 rose 3.2 percent to $18.3 billion, on the back of an 8.7 percent increase in prescription volume. The quarterly...

