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Rite Aid to deploy 3D holographic rewards kiosks

Rite Aid Corp. is taking in-store marketing to another dimension with the rollout of customer rewards kiosks featuring 3D holographic videos. Provision Interactive Technologies Inc. said Tuesday that it has entered into a multiyear deal to install its 3D Reward Centers in Rite Aid stores.

Procter & Gamble brings back Lafley as CEO

The abrupt resignation of Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) president and chief executive officer Robert McDonald late last month seems to many to have been a reaction to pressure from one of the company’s largest shareholders upset with the poor performance of P&G’s stock.

Walgreens, Alliance Boots, AmerisourceBergen get nod

The budding partnership between Walgreen Co., Alliance Boots GmbH and AmerisourceBergen Corp. has taken several steps forward, with regulators in the United States and Europe clearing the way for the first two companies to assume an equity stake in the third.

Fewer insured seen under ACA

New rules from two federal agencies could lead to 2 million fewer people than previously estimated gaining health coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said last month.

Makeup of Rite Aid’s board of directors changes

Rite Aid Corp. has refashioned its board of directors. In the wake of three of its 10 members stepping down, the company reduced the size of its board to eight and named former Blue Shield of California chairman and chief executive officer Bruce Bodaken as its newest director. Bodaken, 61, spent

Kerr Drug adds synchronized refills

Kerr Drug has introduced a new synchronized prescription refill service. Called Simplify My Meds, the service utilizes Kerr’s new central-fill center in Raleigh to make getting prescriptions filled easier for customers while freeing up pharmacists to spend more time with ­patients.

Care urged with compounding legislation

Many proposed changes to policies governing pharmacy compounding are commendable, but some aspects of Senate legislation on the practice may have unintended consequences, says the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.