Walgreen Co. is teaming up with the University of Chicago Medicine to launch a “Food Rx” initiative designed to help people with diabetes improve their eating habits by making better food choices more accessible and affordable.
Kinney Drugs has promoted Jim Spencer to chief operating officer. He had been vice president of retail operations. In his new post Spencer is responsible for overseeing retail and pharmacy store operations and the company’s retail merchandising department.
Bartell Drugs will move its corporate headquarters to West Seattle in October. The 58-store regional drug chain has occupied its current location in downtown Seattle since 1989. Founded in 1890, Bartell’s store network extends across three counties: King, Snohomish and Pierce.
With the end of summer in sight, the onset of flu season is just around the corner. Flu season can begin as early as October and continue through mid-May, but several drug chains have already unveiled flu vaccination programs to help consumers fend off the disease.
Kroger Co. is adding self-service health screening kiosks to all 1,950 of its stores with pharmacies. “Our customers tell us they want to make healthy choices but don’t always know where to start,” says Matthew Feltman, Kroger’s health strategy coordinator.
CVS Caremark Corp. is part of a group of more than a dozen big retailers that have joined forces to develop a way for customers to use their smartphones to pay for purchases and receive customized offers. The retailers have jointly formed a new company called Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX).
Retail sales rose in July for the first time in four months, according to the Commerce Department, and a survey of importers and manufacturers found them upbeat about the upcoming fall and winter shopping season. Retail sales in July were up 0.8% over June, and 4.1% over July 2011, according to the
Walmart is launching an expanded roster of vaccinations in more than 2,700 Walmart discount stores.
physically and emotionally. Community pharmacy is uniquely positioned to help patients achieve total health, and now we have an even greater opportunity to
This has been a year of unprecedented change for chain drug retailing. Indeed, in less time than it takes to tell, the industry has been altered in ways both subtle and dramatic. So quickly have things happened that many have been accepted as normal or ignored as inevitable.
Signs that the value of community pharmacy is gaining more widespread recognition are emerging with increasing frequency. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius added her voice to the chorus earlier this month. Speaking at a CVS/pharmacy outlet in Jacksonville, Fla.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation has announced the recipients of the "Million Hearts Team Up, Pressure Down" public education grants.
Working with state pharmacy associations, health care solution provider PrescribeWellness has begun a push to boost the flu vaccination rate by 1 million more Americans.
SymphonyIRI Group Inc. has named Beverly Grant as president of retail solutions. The consumer packaged goods (CPG), retail and health care market research firm said Tuesday that Grant, who previously held various positions in a 26-year career at Procter & Gamble Co.
Energizer Holdings Inc. has settled patent infringement litigation against the Wahl Clipper Corp. Energizer said Tuesday that its lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in April, claimed that primary lithium batteries supplied by Great Power Battery Co. Ltd.
