Shopper behavior is changing, rapidly. While only roughly 10% to 15% of transactions occur online, a whopping 60% of purchases are now influenced by digital channels, according to recent research by Forrester.
whose annual growth rate is estimated at 10.01% by 2027 — by many industries, over-the-counter and prescription
I’d venture to guess that none of my fellow pharmacists has ever heard a customer happily pay a co-payment for a prescription drug. But many patients might yearn for a simple co-payment compared to what they often face more today: large co-insurance obligations and high deductibles.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
By some estimates, retail has undergone more transformation in the last three years than in the previous 50 combined.
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.
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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.
