Three new lists posted in healthsprocket this week tackle the Target / CVS strategic partnership:  
Six things to know about the CVS / Target Deal itemizes the major deal point announced by the two companies
Fortune Magazine: Five reasons Target's deal with CVS Health makes it leaner and meaner and USA Today: 5 reasons why Target sold pharmacy biz to CVS each list five reasons behind the motivations for the deal. The two lists differ some – but what they have in common mentions foot traffic and that Target wasn’t in a position to excel at pharmacy.
 
Two new videos posted in HealthShareTV help explain the deal in fairly simple terms:  CVS, Target Merger Might Boost Health Of Both Companies and CVS Health Taking Over Target's Pharmacy, Clinics for $1.9 Bn.
 
A key statistic to note, is that sources cite only 5% to 7% of Target customers use the store’s pharmacy services. Thus -the difference for the two companies is that Target customers come to purchase consumer goods, and some incrementally purchase prescription and health items as long as they’re going to be at Target; while CVS customers come to purchase prescription and health items, and some incrementally purchase consumer goods as long as they’re going to be at CVS.