Albertsons pilots hearing test kiosks
Albertsons Cos. is piloting free hearing tests in select stores via self-serve kiosks located near the pharmacy department.
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Helen of Troy sharpens customer-centric strategy
Helen of Troy is transforming itself, with the goal of delivering results for customers and shareholders. And there has been much progress toward achieving that goal over the past two years, according to Julien Mininberg, the company’s chief executive officer.
Drug chains need to retool for e-commerce era
Digital technologies are reshaping both consumer demand and competitive undercurrents in the U.S. consumer packaged goods marketplace. Digital innovations and the explosion of digital, mobile and social media are restructuring how consumers shop for and purchase CPG products.
PQA, CVS Health Foundation team on scholarship program
The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) has partnered with the CVS Health Foundation on a new scholarship program to support medication use quality. Called the PQA-CVS Health Foundation Scholars Program, the scholarship recognizes student excellence in projects focusing on quality-related initiatives.
SSM Health to run St. Louis-area Walgreens clinics
In the St. Louis area, Walgreens is turning over the operation of its Healthcare Clinics to health system SSM Health. Walgreens said Monday that 27 Healthcare Clinics in Walgreens stores across the St.
Fruth gains flexibility via store-in-a-store format
Fruth Pharmacy ventured into a new business model last year by opening three small-format stores.
GlaxoSmithKline officially opens new HQ
One of the world’s largest consumer health care companies celebrated the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art headquarters here earlier this month with company leaders and federal, state and local dignitaries.
NACDS names new officers, board members
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores elected a new chairman this weekend at the NACDS Annual Meeting here.
Outlook: Transition time for drug chains
Going forward, chain drug stores can bank on the same underlying trends that have fueled the retail pharmacy business in recent years. But the industry as they’ve known it won’t look quite the same.
Walgreens’ quest for the fill-in shopping trip
defined as helping shoppers get in, get what they need and get out. Kantar Retail assesses trip missions and cross-channel behaviors to examine how the Walgreens shopper may respond to this strategic goal. Recently, Walgreens
MTM helps set Aurora Pharmacy apart
Pharmacists for Aurora Pharmacy are actively involved in providing medication therapy management services to a diverse group of patients.
Anderson: ‘NACDS always looking out even further’
In the nine years since Steve Anderson became chief executive officer of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, the association has become a proactive advocate for its industry and raised its influence and recognition among legislators and policy makers.
Focus on quality of life reshapes retail
I’m sure the last thing you want to read, yet again, is another treatise on the impact of the Great Recession on the U.S. economy. So apologies up front. All I can say is that the effects of the recession have still not gone away. That is clear in our biennial How America Shops MegaTrends
New research shows value of Rx interventions
A new study from Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. indicates that pharmacy interventions can lead to greater medication adherence and lower health care costs.
Retailers to feel impact of minimum wage hikes
Within hours of each other, the governors of California and New York recently signed bills that will eventually raise the minimum wage in their states to $15.
Walgreens Boots Alliance weighs options in Australia
Almost 100 years ago Australian pharmacists banded together to stop Boots the Chemist entering their market by setting up the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and successfully lobbying governments to enact laws restricting pharmacy location and ownership. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.