The nation’s biggest drug chains are among the more than 20,000 stores that will offer the American Express Serve reloadable prepaid card and account, which now includes a free nationwide cash load network and new money management functionality.
To encourage customers to get a flu vaccination, Safeway Inc. is offering a 10% off coupon for an entire shopping trip for those who get inoculated.
TABS Group Inc. has formed a senior-level team to supporting internal and customer-related initiatives with Walmart.
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
