Over the coming months, Walgreen Co. is launching a package of financial services anchored by a co-branded cash card that can be linked to its Balance Rewards customer loyalty card. Plans call for a national rollout of Balance Financial before the year’s end, with more services set for 2014.
Later this month, Walgreens is slated to host events to mark the launch of the new Disney Villains Beauty Collection. Disney Consumer Products said the drug chain will have beauty makeover events at stores in three major cities — New York on Oct. 18 (1471 Broadway), Chicago on Oct. 22 (151 N.
The Coca-Cola Co. has introduced a collector’s edition Diet Coke Taylor Swift can design that will be in stores through the fall. The beverage giant said Thursday that the 12-ounce, limited-edition Taylor Swift can six-pack will be in retailer beverage aisles nationwide in October and November.
Pfizer Inc. has received Food and Drug Administration approval for Duavee, a medication for menopause and related conditions. The drug maker said Thursday that Duavee tablets (conjugated estrogens/bazedoxifene, 0.
Galderma Laboratories, the maker of Cetaphil skin cleansers and moisturizers, is again teaming up with Camp Wonder by donating proceeds from a special-edition Moisturizing Cream, offered exclusively at CVS/pharmacy.
Pharmacists at supercenter chain Meijer Inc. are forecasting a much busier season for flu vaccinations this year.
CVS/pharmacy has teamed up with Humana Inc. to help educate consumers about health insurance options brought by the new Health Insurance Marketplace. Humana reps will be at more than 500 CVS stores in most of the states where the insurer is offering qualified health plans on the new insurance
In a global "tweet-a-thon," pharmacists took to the social media platform Twitter with thousands of tweets depicting how the profession is taking a bigger role in health care, according to the National Community Pharmacists Association.
Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. has released gatifloxacin ophthalmic solution 0.5%, an antibiotic for eye infections, in the United States. The company said Thursday that its product is the generic equivalent of Allergan Inc.
Walgreen Co. is working with health insurance portal GoHealth to provide customers an information resource as they weigh new health benefits choices brought by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its new Health Insurance Marketplace.
Sam’s Club Pharmacy plans to offer free women’s health screenings to members and nonmembers next week in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Walmart warehouse club chain said the screenings will be held Saturday, Oct. 12, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at all 576 Sam’s Club pharmacy locations.
In recognition of American Pharmacists Month in October, CVS Caremark Corp. is extending a message of thanks to its pharmacists, whom the company notes are taking on a bigger health care role.
Comparable-store sales continued to improve in September at Rite Aid Corp. The drug chain said Thursday that for the four weeks ended Sept. 28, comp-store sales rose 1.9% year over year. That exceeded the 1.1% same-store sales increase in August as well as gains of 1.3% in July and 0.7% in
Starting this weekend, Bartell Drugs plans to hold health screenings, beauty care demonstrations and product samplings, among other activities, for its annual "Health & Beauty Week" event.
Walgreen Co. turned in its largest monthly same-store sales gain of 2013 in September. Walgreens said Thursday that comparable-store sales climbed 7.4% in September. Calendar day shifts (one extra Monday and one fewer Saturday) positively impacted comp-store sales by 1.9 percentage points.
TeleBrands, the leading producer of As Seen on TV products, has been named "Marketer of the Year" at the 2013 Electronic Retailing Association’s Moxie Awards.
