GNC's Deal-Making Savvy Attracts Street In Second Quarter: Stock Up 66.5%

General Nutrition Companies' recent moves to increase its mass market presence and streamlined GNC alliances with Rite Aid and drugstore.com helped boost the stock 66.5% in the second quarter to 23-5/16, up 9-5/16, outperforming the rest of "The Tan Sheet" Index. The retailer has been shedding non-core specialty chains to focus on the mass market, the area of greatest growth for dietary supplements.