Renewed focus on execution can lift drug chains
The retail pharmacy industry is in flux. In post-pandemic America, chain, independent and online pharmacies are all fighting for shares of an increasingly volatile market.
Bill Schiffner
The 10-year march to improve quality and safety
Pharmaceutical traceability is here. Are you ready? As an industry we have been working for 10 years to improve the quality and safety of the drug supply chain with the promise that serialization will prevent illegitimate, counterfeit, substandard and unapproved drugs from reaching patients.
Walmart+ campaign targets new moms
Walmart plans to give away as many as 20,000 free one-year Walmart+ memberships to new moms as part of its new “Mother of All Savings Memberships” campaign. The campaign promotes a Walmart+ membership as the ultimate mom hack.
Why drug stores should care about retail media networks
retail media networks (RMNs) aren’t new. They have been around for several years. But, like other aspects of the digital advertising ecosystem, they reappeared as consumers disappeared into their homes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vision of leaders at CVS, WBA goes beyond the store
Sci-fi thrillers in the 1950s first introduced the phrase “Take me to your leader.” If extraterrestrials were to land in today’s U.S. drug chain universe, they would meet two leaders who only recently arrived on the scene and move fast. It might be hard to find them.
Rite Aid kicks off spring beauty event
PHILADELPHIA – Rite Aid is kicking off a spring beauty sales event today, with the theme “Beauty is in Bloom,” promising “spectacular shopping promotions to get consumers feeling and looking their best this season.
Customer-centricity: Easy to promise, hard to deliver
Every for-profit business is in the business of serving customers. So, it stands to reason that we should all care about them and strive to serve them as well as we can. The better we are at meeting the needs of our customers, the more money they will spend with us and the less tempted
Omni health care drives need for collaboration
Only a short time ago, access to health care outside of traditional boundaries was fraught with regulatory, reimbursement, technological and other barriers, and patient/consumer trust and adoption were at low levels. Then the pandemic struck and turned health care delivery on its head.
Pharmacies rise to the challenge of filling gaps in care
Imagine you could walk into any drug store retailer and not only get your regular prescriptions refilled but access primary care, meet with experts that can coordinate your health care and get connected with the right doctors? Now imagine this retailer serves the whole family, so group health care p
Retail modernization must address three basics
By some estimates, retail has undergone more transformation in the last three years than in the previous 50 combined.
Alcon remains on leading edge of trends in eye care
The vision care and ocular health industry is bustling with myriad fresh trends. Sean Clark, the general manager of U.S. Vision Care at Alcon, points to several notable developments that are emerging in the eye care category this year.
Gaskins: Say yes to convenience
The Agile Innovation series focuses on why organizations must constantly evolve and innovate with an agile mindset to remain viable in today’s dynamic world.
Digitally forward platforms clear script to patient path
With the rising pharmacy spend driven by expensive novel therapies, the path from physician prescribing to the patient starting therapy has become increasingly complex and opaque.
How to expand distribution into brick-and-mortar stores without hitting a wall
So, you just grew your Amazon business to surpass the $10 million mark and you are looking at other points of distribution. A colleague or investor suggests that you launch in Target. It sounds like a great idea.
Merchandising requires thinking outside the box
and their brand partners — to stop “trying harder” and start “trying differently.
PLMA’s 2023 Trade Show to hail ‘The Store Brands Phenomenon’
At a time when store brands have grown to become a $230 billion industry in the U.S., PLMA has announced a fitting theme for its 2023 Private Label Trade Show: “The Store Brands Phenomenon.” The show will be held November 12-14 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Chicago.